The meanings of death in Rabbinic Judaism / David Kraemer.
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TextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 170 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
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- 9780203171028
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- 9780415211840
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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
- 296.4/45/09015 21
- BM635.4 .K73 2000eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-163) and index.
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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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