TY - BOOK AU - Kraemer,David Charles TI - The meanings of death in Rabbinic Judaism SN - 0203171020 AV - BM635.4 .K73 2000eb U1 - 296.4/45/09015 21 PY - 2000/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Death KW - Religious aspects KW - Judaism KW - Death in rabbinical literature KW - Jewish mourning customs KW - History KW - Mort KW - Aspect religieux KW - Judaïsme KW - Mort dans la littérature rabbinique KW - Deuil KW - Coutumes juives KW - Histoire KW - RELIGION KW - Rituals & Practice KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=165049 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/id/10070459 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/id/5001360 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=60656 UR - http://www.myilibrary.com?id=46374 UR - http://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=165049 UR - http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780203010105 UR - http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9781134616473 UR - http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780203010105 UR - http://proxy.library.carleton.ca/login?url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780203010105 UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780203010105 UR - http://www.myilibrary.com?id=46374&ref=toc UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=60656 UR - http://www.myilibrary.com?id=46374 ER -