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A post-exilic rule of separation from foreign marriage that Jiang says creates a new Jewish heritage.
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blood purity
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...foreign men, okay? And so now we have the concept of blood purity that is new. So remember, it's really important for us to..."
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Jiang says Ezra rejects Israelite heritage and accepts a new heritage based on blood purity and monotheistic devotion to Yahweh.
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Nehemiah enforces Sabbath rest and divorce from foreign wives because religious purity requires blood purity.
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"...foreign men, okay? And so now we have the concept of blood purity that is new. So remember, it's really important for us to..."
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"...rejecting the Israelite heritage and accepting a new heritage based on blood purity and a monophistic devotion to Yahweh. And this is new, okay?..."
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"And bringing in heaps of grain and loading them on donkeys. And also wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens which they brought..."
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"Tyrians also who lived in the city brought in fish and all kinds of merchandise and sold them on the Sabbath to the people..."
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"saying, You shall not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters from your sons or for yourselves. Did not King Solomon..."
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"...her. He's bringing up families. Why? Because he believes that religious purity requires blood purity. If you marry a foreign woman she's going to..."
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang's claim that Jewish identity is not treated here as simple continuity from ancient Israel, but as a Persian imperial construction: a Bible-shaped, temple-centered, purity-bound people made to stabilize and...
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