The meanings of death in Rabbinic Judaism /
Kraemer, David Charles.
The meanings of death in Rabbinic Judaism / David Kraemer. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2000. - 1 online resource (xi, 170 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-163) and index.
Preliminaries; CONTENTS; List of illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Glossary; List of abbreviations; 1 The presence of death; 2 Jewish death customs before the rabbis; 3 Early rabbinic death-practices; 4 Early expansions and commentaries; 5 Jewish death-practices in reality; 6 Jewish death-practices in early Byzantine Palestine; 7 Law as commentary: The Bavli on death and burial; 8 The Bavli interprets the mourner; 9 Post-Talmudic developments in Jewish death-practice; 10 A personal theological postscript; Notes; References; Index.
This is the first study of the death and mourning practices of the founders of Judaism - the Rabbis of late antiquity. The author outlines the rituals described in early texts and interprets them to uncover the beliefs which caused their foundation.
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Death--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Death in rabbinical literature.
Jewish mourning customs--History.
Mort--Aspect religieux--Judaïsme.
Mort dans la littérature rabbinique.
Deuil--Coutumes juives--Histoire.
RELIGION--Judaism--Rituals & Practice.
Death in rabbinical literature.
Death--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Jewish mourning customs.
Electronic books.
History.
BM635.4 / .K73 2000eb
296.4/45/09015
The meanings of death in Rabbinic Judaism / David Kraemer. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2000. - 1 online resource (xi, 170 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-163) and index.
Preliminaries; CONTENTS; List of illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Glossary; List of abbreviations; 1 The presence of death; 2 Jewish death customs before the rabbis; 3 Early rabbinic death-practices; 4 Early expansions and commentaries; 5 Jewish death-practices in reality; 6 Jewish death-practices in early Byzantine Palestine; 7 Law as commentary: The Bavli on death and burial; 8 The Bavli interprets the mourner; 9 Post-Talmudic developments in Jewish death-practice; 10 A personal theological postscript; Notes; References; Index.
This is the first study of the death and mourning practices of the founders of Judaism - the Rabbis of late antiquity. The author outlines the rituals described in early texts and interprets them to uncover the beliefs which caused their foundation.
0203171020 9780203171028 0203010108 9780203010105 0415211832 9780415211833 9780415211840 0415211840 9786610463749 6610463743
EBL165049 eBook Library http://www.eblib.com
0415211832 Uk
Death--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Death in rabbinical literature.
Jewish mourning customs--History.
Mort--Aspect religieux--Judaïsme.
Mort dans la littérature rabbinique.
Deuil--Coutumes juives--Histoire.
RELIGION--Judaism--Rituals & Practice.
Death in rabbinical literature.
Death--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Jewish mourning customs.
Electronic books.
History.
BM635.4 / .K73 2000eb
296.4/45/09015
