Impurity and gender in the hebrew bible explores the role of female blood in the hebrew bible and considers its theological implications for future understandings of purity and impurity in the jewish religion. Impurity and gender in the hebrew bible explores the role of female blood in the hebrew bible and considers its theological implications for future understandings of purity and impurity in the jewish religion influenced by the work of jonathan klawans sin and impurity in ancient judaism and using the categories of ritual and moral impurities this book analyzes the way in which these categories intersect with women and with the impurity of female blood and reads the biblical founda. Klawans demonstrates that there are two ideologies of purity in the hebrew bible ritual and moral the state of ritual impurity pertains to the human body is unavoidable temporary and can be cleansed conversely moral impurity is incurred through behavioral choice three grave sins cause moral impurity murder violation of sexual prohibitions and apostasy no purifying activities can reverse the impurity moral impurity unlike ritual impurity has severe consequences either the land . Impurity and gender in the hebrew bible book read 2 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers impurity and gender in the hebrew bible expl