Purity and the Forming of Religious Traditions in the Ancient Mediterranean World and Ancient Judaism
Biographical note
Christian Frevel, Dr. theol. (1994, Universität Bonn), is Professor for Old Testament Studies at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Since 2007, his research has focused on the formation Early Judaism(s), Biblical Anthropology and Pentateuchal Studies.
Christophe Nihan, Dr. (2005, University of Lausanne), is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible and History of Ancient Israel at the University of Lausanne. His research focuses on the ritual laws of the Pentateuch, as well as on processes of textualization in Persian period Israel.
Contributors include: Philippe Borgeaud, Beate Ego, Christian Frevel, Linda-Marie Günther, Michaël Guichard, Gudrun Holtz, Manfred Hutter, Albert de Jong, Michael Konkel, Bernhard Linke, Lionel Marti, Hans-Peter Mathys, Christophe Nihan, Joachim Friedrich Quack, Benedikt Rausche, Noel Robertson, Udo Rüterswörden, Ian Werrett, Jürgen K. Zangenberg
Christophe Nihan, Dr. (2005, University of Lausanne), is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible and History of Ancient Israel at the University of Lausanne. His research focuses on the ritual laws of the Pentateuch, as well as on processes of textualization in Persian period Israel.
Contributors include: Philippe Borgeaud, Beate Ego, Christian Frevel, Linda-Marie Günther, Michaël Guichard, Gudrun Holtz, Manfred Hutter, Albert de Jong, Michael Konkel, Bernhard Linke, Lionel Marti, Hans-Peter Mathys, Christophe Nihan, Joachim Friedrich Quack, Benedikt Rausche, Noel Robertson, Udo Rüterswörden, Ian Werrett, Jürgen K. Zangenberg
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Scholars interested in the history of religions, religious contacts and social-cultural interactions in Antiquity, purity and impurity in the ancient Mediterranean world, as well as mechanisms of social control and regulation in ancient societies.
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