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The meanings of death in Rabbinic Judaism / David Kraemer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 170 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 0203171020
  • 9780203171028
  • 0203010108
  • 9780203010105
  • 0415211832
  • 9780415211833
  • 9780415211840
  • 0415211840
  • 9786610463749
  • 6610463743
  • 9781134616534
  • 1134616538
  • 9781134616480
  • 1134616481
  • 9781134616527
  • 113461652X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Meanings of death in Rabbinic Judaism.DDC classification:
  • 296.4/45/09015 21
LOC classification:
  • BM635.4 .K73 2000eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)60656

Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-163) and index.

Print version record.

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.