Kraemer, David Charles. <br/><br/>
The meanings of death in Rabbinic Judaism / 
David Kraemer. 
 - London ;  New York :  Routledge,  2000. 
 - 1 online resource (xi, 170 pages) :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-163) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0203171020 9780203171028 0203010108 9780203010105 0415211832 9780415211833 9780415211840 0415211840 9786610463749 6610463743 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>EBL165049  eBook Library  http://www.eblib.com 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>0415211832  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Death--Religious aspects--Judaism.<br/>Death in rabbinical literature.<br/>Jewish mourning customs--History.<br/>Mort--Aspect religieux--Judaïsme.<br/>Mort dans la littérature rabbinique.<br/>Deuil--Coutumes juives--Histoire.<br/>RELIGION--Judaism--Rituals & Practice.<br/>Death in rabbinical literature.<br/>Death--Religious aspects--Judaism.<br/>Jewish mourning customs.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BM635.4  / .K73 2000eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>296.4/45/09015