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This examination of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Letters of Paul finds that, in both these bodies of literature, religious self-understanding is expressed in terms of the concept of purity so important to primitive religion and earlier Judaism. Dr Newton contradicts the view held by most scholars that the traditional Jewish attitude to purity had no place in Christianity.Newton, Michael is the author of 'Concept of Purity at Qumran and in the Letters of Paul' with ISBN 9780521020589 and ISBN 0521020581.
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