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UNINA9910778860503321 |
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Autore |
Kraemer David Charles |
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Titolo |
The meanings of death in Rabbinic Judaism / / David Kraemer |
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London, : Routledge, 2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-61653-8 |
1-280-46374-0 |
9780203171020 |
9786610463749 |
0-203-01010-8 |
0-203-17102-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 170 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Death in rabbinical literature |
Jewish mourning customs - History |
Death - Religious aspects - Judaism |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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