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Tables of Contents for Rites and Rank
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
List of Abbreviations
xi
Introduction
3
4
Status and Hierarchy
7
3
Cultic and Quasi-Cultic Settings
10
1
Rites and Rank
11
4
Foundational Discourse: The Opposition Holy/Common
15
23
Holiness and Privilege
27
8
Conclusion
35
3
Admission or Exclusion: The Binary Pairing Unclean/Clean
38
25
Sources of Impurity
40
10
Degrees of Pollution and the Requirements of Purification
50
4
The Hierarchical Dimensions of Unclean/Clean
54
7
Conclusion
61
2
Generating ``Self'' and ``Other'': The Polarity Israelite/Alien
63
40
Forms and Functions of the Polarity Israelite/Alien
64
26
Contesting Alien Exclusion from Israel and Its Cultic Life
90
3
Cultural Mechanisms of Alien Incorporation into Israel
93
6
Conclusion
99
4
The Qualified Body: The Dyad Whole/Blemished
103
12
Blemishes and Inequality
111
2
Conclusion
113
2
Conclusion
115
6
Appendix. The Idea of Holiness in the Holiness Source
121
2
Notes
123
52
Index of Authors
175
4
Index of Biblical Citations
179