Pure Music

by Peter J. Leithart

What is the purest music? Continue Reading »

6 Apr 2016

Logic of Impurity

by Peter J. Leithart

What makes something impure? Continue Reading »

23 Mar 2016

Liquid life

by Peter J. Leithart

Impurity is caused by liquids. Impurity is cleansed by liquids. Continue Reading »

12 May 2015

Purity, Pauline Style

by Peter J. Leithart

Paul transposed the purity regulations of Torah into a new covenant mode. Continue Reading »

12 May 2015

Purity and the Other

by Peter J. Leithart

For Porphyry, purity was amixia - the avoidance of mixture in food, sex, and society. Continue Reading »

14 Jan 2015

Pure and Holy

by Peter J. Leithart

Purity and holiness are distinct concepts in the Bible. Continue Reading »

12 Jan 2015

Impure Modernity

by Peter J. Leithart

Modernity vaunted “purity” of domains is a delusion. Continue Reading »

17 Dec 2014

World of Impurity

by Peter J. Leithart

To the rabbis, impurity was even more contagious than it was for the biblical writers. Continue Reading »

8 Dec 2014

Purity, Life, Death

by Peter J. Leithart

Under Torah, zones of life have to be kept pure from death. Continue Reading »

26 Nov 2014

Impure God

by Peter J. Leithart

The doctrine of the Trinity offends our aspiration to purity. God reveals Himself as “impure.” Continue Reading »

18 Nov 2014