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Jesus and purity : an ongoing debate

Dunn, J. D. G.

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J. D. G. Dunn



Abstract

The importance of purity legislation and the "separateness" that it implied within Second Temple Judaism confirms the significance of the renewed interest in purity issues in "historical Jesus" research. The relevance of John the Baptist's "baptism" is less clear than at first appears. But that Jesus himself shared at least some purity priorities is implied by Mark 1.44 and by his "cleansing of the Temple". Yet he also sat loose to the purity "halakhoth" regarding clean and unclean and table-fellowship, which suggests that Jesus did not regard such concerns as central to the definition of Israel and its practice.

Citation

Dunn, J. D. G. (2002). Jesus and purity : an ongoing debate. New Testament Studies, 48(4), 449-467. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0028688502000279

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2002-10
Deposit Date Jan 9, 2009
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal New Testament Studies
Print ISSN 0028-6885
Electronic ISSN 1469-8145
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 48
Issue 4
Pages 449-467
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s0028688502000279
Keywords Second Temple Judaism, Purity, Baptism.

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