Gentile Impurities and Jewish Identities: Intermarriage and Conversion from the Bible to the Talmud
In ancient Jewish culture the ideas of purity and impurity defined the socio-cultural boundaries between Jews and Gentiles. Hayes argues that different views of the possibility of conversion, based on varying ideas about Gentile impurity, were the key factor in the formation of Jewish sects in the second temple period, and in the separation of the early Christian Church from what later became rabbinic Judaism.
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In ancient Jewish culture the ideas of purity and impurity defined the socio-cultural boundaries between Jews and Gentiles. Hayes argues that different views of the possibility of conversion, based on varying ideas about Gentile impurity, were the key factor in the formation of Jewish sects in the second temple period, and in the separation of the early Christian Church from what later became rabbinic Judaism.
AbbreviationsTransliteration System1Introduction3Pt. IGentile Impurities in Biblical and Second Temple Sources2Gentile Impurity in the Bible193The Impurity of Gentiles in Second Temple Sources454Impurity, Intermarriage, and Conversion in Second Temple Sources685Intermarriage in the Writings of Paul and the Early Church Fathers92Pt. IIGentile Impurities in Rabbinic Sources6Gentiles and Ritual Impurity in Rabbinic Sources1077Gentiles and Moral Impurity: Rabbinic Attitudes to Intermarriage1458Gentiles and Genealogical Impurity: Converts and Their Offspring in Rabbinic Texts1649Conclusion193App. AThe Impurity of Gentile Lands and Houses: A Refutation of Alon199App. BEvidence for Intrinsic or Derived Gentile Ritual Impurity: A Refutation205App. CThe Ritual Impurity of Idolatry: A Refutation of Alon215Notes223Bibliography285Glossary of Hebrew Terms293Index of Citations295General Index305
