Compare and contrast the motif of purity in the Gospels of Matthew and John.

Blidstein, Moshe. Purity, Community, and Ritual in Early Christian Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. On SOLO

Repschinski, Boris. “Purity in Matthew, James, and the Didache.” Pages 379-95 in Matthew, James, and Didache: Three Related Documents in Their Jewish and Christian Settings. Eds. Jurgen K. Zangenberg and H. W. M. van de Sandt. Atlanta: SBL, 2008. On SOLO

Rogan, Wil. “Purity in Early Judaism: Current Issues and Questions.” CBR 16 (2018): 309-39. On SOLO

*Rogan, Wil. Purity in the Gospel of John: Early Jewish Tradition, Christology, and Ethics. LNTS 679. London: Bloomsbury, 2023. On SOLO

Runesson, Anders. “Purity, Holiness, and the Kingdom of Heaven in Matthew’s Narrative World.” Pages 144-80 in Purity, Holiness, and Identity in Judaism and Christianity: Essays in Memory of Susan Haber. Eds. Carl S. Ehrlich, Anders Runesson, and Eileen M. Schuller. WUNT 305. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2013.

*Thiessen, Matthew. Jesus and the Forces of Death: The Gospels’ Portrayal of Ritual Impurity within First-Century Judaism. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2020.

*Wassén, Cecilia. “Moral Impurity in the Gospel of Matthew.” Pages 285-308 in Matthew within Judaism: Israel and the Nations in the First Gospel. Eds. Anders Runesson and Daniel M. Gurtner. Atlanta: SBL, 2020. On SOLO