The meanings of death in Rabbinic Judaism:
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Main Author: Kraemer, David Charles (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Routledge 2000
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Item Description: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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 170 pages)
ISBN:0203010108
0203171020
0415211832
0415211840
9780203010105
9780203171028
9780415211833
9780415211840

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