Archaeology, Purity and Society: Some Methodological Reflections

Updated by: 
Ruth A. Clements
Research notes: 
RAC/not checked/14/01/2024
Reference type: 
Journal Article
Author(s): 
Regev, Eyal
year: 
2023
Full title: 

Archaeology, Purity and Society: Some Methodological Reflections

Journal / Book Title || Series Title: 
Atiqot
Volume: 
113
Pages: 
97-113
Work type: 
Essay/Monograph
Abstract: 

This article examines the assumptions and methodology underlying the correlation between stepped pools and stone vessels and purity laws and practices. It focuses on the way these are interpreted in light of Second Temple period and early rabbinic texts. The article further introduces more complex understandings of the emergence of ritual baths in the Hasmonean period as an expression of Jewish ethnic identity, and the flourishing of ritual baths and stone vessels in the first century CE, as an indication of social individualism.

Notes: 
Special issue of Atiqot: The Archaeology of Purity
URL: 
https://atiqot.org.il/
Label: 
15/01/2024
Record number: 
112 227