The Concept of Purity at Qumran and in the Letters of Paul

includes index and biblioraphy

The concept of Purity in the Qumran Community ......10 Entry into the Community : the Purity and the Drink at Qumran .......10 Life within the community : The maintenance of purity at Qumran .........26 Exclusion from the Community : Sin and Impurity at Qumran ..........40 3. Purity and the cult in the letters of Paul ..........52 The christian community as the temple .....53 Paul as priest to the Christian Community ...........60 4. Purity and membership of the Church .........79 5. Purity and the Continuiing life of the CHurch ...............98 Table fellowship and the Purity of Food ............98 Sexual immorality ..........105 Corpse uncleanness............110 2 Corinthians 6: 14 to 7:1 and Purity ........110