03465nam 2200709 a 450 991045769030332120200520144314.01-61811-039-X10.1515/9781618110398(CKB)2550000000063136(EBL)3110391(SSID)ssj0000565427(PQKBManifestationID)12243971(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000565427(PQKBWorkID)10528157(PQKB)10780003(MiAaPQ)EBC3110391(DE-B1597)541032(OCoLC)767644715(DE-B1597)9781618110398(Au-PeEL)EBL3110391(CaPaEBR)ebr10509016(CaONFJC)MIL574363(EXLCZ)99255000000006313620080324d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTime and life cycle in Talmud and Midrash[electronic resource] socio-anthropological perspectives /Nissan RubinBoston Academic Studies Press20081 online resource (236 p.)Judaism and Jewish lifeDescription based upon print version of record.1-934843-07-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-[209]) and indexes.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 haʼben 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.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.Judaism and Jewish life.JudaismCustoms and practicesLife cycle, HumanReligious aspectsJudaismRabbinical literatureHistory and criticismMidrashSociologyAnthropologyElectronic books.JudaismCustoms and practices.Life cycle, HumanReligious aspectsJudaism.Rabbinical literatureHistory and criticism.Midrash.Sociology.Anthropology.296.1/206Rubin Nissan1044030MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457690303321Time and life cycle in Talmud and Midrash2474855UNINA