The meanings of death in rabbinic Judaism / David Kraemer.
David Charles Kraemer
ספרThis 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.
כותר |
The meanings of death in Rabbinic Judaism / David Kraemer. |
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מהדורה |
1st ed. |
מוציא לאור |
London : Routledge |
שנה |
2001 |
הערות |
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
הערת תוכן ותקציר |
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 |
היקף החומר |
1 online resource (xi, 170 pages) : illustrations |
שפה |
אנגלית |
מספר מערכת |
997010701928905171 |
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