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Final judgement and the dead in Medieval Jewish thought.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Littman library of Jewish civilizationPublisher: Oxford : Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2020Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781789628029
  • 1789628024
  • 1789624290
  • 9781789624298
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Final Judgement and the Dead in Medieval Jewish Thought.DDC classification:
  • 296.33 23
LOC classification:
  • BM635.4 .W45 2020
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover -- Half-title Page -- The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization -- Title Page -- Copyright -- To my husband Allan -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Note on Sources -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- Part I: The Dead Of Sefer Ḥasidim -- 1. The Dangerous Dead -- 2. The Sinful Dead -- 3. The Holy Dead -- 4. The Neutral Dead and the Pietist Dead -- Part II: The Afterlife In Sefer Ḥasidim -- 5. Status in the Hereafter -- 6. On Sin, Penance, and Purgation -- 7. Bonds Between the Living and the Dead I -- 8. Bonds Between the Living and the Dead II -- 9. Conclusion -- Bibliography
Summary: Attitudes to death and the afterlife underwent significant transformation in high medieval Europe. Through a detailed analysis of ghost tales in the Ashkenazi pietistic work Sefer Hasidim, this highly original study discusses the profound Christian influence on a Jewish religious enclave that led to a radical departure from traditional rabbinic thought.
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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)2628039

Cover -- Half-title Page -- The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization -- Title Page -- Copyright -- To my husband Allan -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Note on Sources -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- Part I: The Dead Of Sefer Ḥasidim -- 1. The Dangerous Dead -- 2. The Sinful Dead -- 3. The Holy Dead -- 4. The Neutral Dead and the Pietist Dead -- Part II: The Afterlife In Sefer Ḥasidim -- 5. Status in the Hereafter -- 6. On Sin, Penance, and Purgation -- 7. Bonds Between the Living and the Dead I -- 8. Bonds Between the Living and the Dead II -- 9. Conclusion -- Bibliography

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Attitudes to death and the afterlife underwent significant transformation in high medieval Europe. Through a detailed analysis of ghost tales in the Ashkenazi pietistic work Sefer Hasidim, this highly original study discusses the profound Christian influence on a Jewish religious enclave that led to a radical departure from traditional rabbinic thought.