1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457690303321

Autore

Rubin Nissan

Titolo

Time and life cycle in Talmud and Midrash [[electronic resource] ] : socio-anthropological perspectives / / Nissan Rubin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Academic Studies Press, 2008

ISBN

1-61811-039-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Collana

Judaism and Jewish life

Disciplina

296.1/206

Soggetti

Judaism - Customs and practices

Life cycle, Human - Religious aspects - Judaism

Rabbinical literature - History and criticism

Midrash

Sociology

Anthropology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-[209]) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

The sociology and anthropology of Talmudic texts -- The clothing of the primordial Adam as a symbol of apocalyptic time in the Midrashic sources -- Brit milah: a study of change in custom -- Coping with the value of the Pidyon haŹ¼ben payment in rabbinic literature: an example of a social change process -- Birth and marriage rituals: women's status in a critical reading of the texts -- The sages' conception of the body and soul -- From corpse to corpus: the body as a text in Talmudic literature -- Birkat avelim--the blessing of mourners: ritual aspects of social change.

Sommario/riassunto

Focusing on the concepts of time and the life cycle, this collection of articles examines Jewish life in the Talmudic period through the lens of Jewish law and custom of the time. The essays are the work of Nissan Rubin (one of them written in collaboration with Admiel Kosman) and come together to present the cultural perspective of the sages and scholars who produced the stepping-stones of Jewish life and custom. By using a structural approach, Rubin is able to identify processes of long-term change in a society that remains largely traditional and



stable. Symbolic analysis supplies an additional dimension to these studies, enabling the reader to experience the cultural subtexts.