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First Came Marriage : The Rabbinic Appropriation of Early Jewish Wedding Ritual /

Marks, Susan

First Came Marriage : The Rabbinic Appropriation of Early Jewish Wedding Ritual / Susan Marks. - 1 online resource (272 p.) - Judaism in Context .

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION: THE PARADOX OF RITUAL AND HISTORY -- CHAPTER ONE: RECOGNIZING BETROTHALS AFTER THE FACT -- CHAPTER TWO: PREPARING THE BRIDE -- CHAPTER THREE: DEBATING WEDDING PROCESSIONS, NEGOTIATING POST-TEMPLE JEWISH PRACTICE -- CHAPTER FOUR: WEDDING-FEAST BLESSINGS AND RABBINIC COMMUNAL MOBILITY -- CONCLUSION -- EXCURSUS: TOSEFTA QIDDUSHIN -- APPENDIX: SELECTED TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

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Ritual and historical perspectives each provide only a partial view of early Jewish weddings. Combining these approaches allows for a new look at practices rejected or highlighted by early rabbis and their successors, and First Came Marriage: The Rabbinic Appropriation of Early Jewish Wedding Ritual investigates the process by which early Jews married and the various moves they used to minimize, elaborate or codify these practices.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9781593335854 9781463216832

10.31826/9781463216832 doi


RELIGION / Judaism / Rituals & Practice.

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