LINKS:
Paula Fredriksen, "Jesus, Purity, and the Christian Study of Judaism" http://www.bu.edu/religion/faculty/fredriksen/purity.html
William Loader, "Mark 7:1-23 and the Historical Jesus" http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~loader/Mark7.html
Maureen McGuiness, "Outcasts including women were among Jesus' friends" http://www.evangelist.org/archive/htm/0327reve.htm
Gil Bailie, "Avoiding Impurity" http://my.execpc.com/~paulnue/year_b/vu_loaves.htm
Jesus and the Sinners http://www.abu.nb.ca/Courses/NTIntro/LifeJ/SinnersJesus.htm