TY - BOOK AU - Newton, Michael AU - Newton,Michael TI - The Concept of Purity at Qumran and in the Letters of Paul SN - 9780521020589 U1 - B85 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University N1 - 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 ER -