LEADER 02732oam 2200649 a 450 001 9910813073303321 005 20240402081556.0 010 $a1-134-61653-8 010 $a1-280-46374-0 010 $a9780203171020 010 $a9786610463749 010 $a0-203-01010-8 010 $a0-203-17102-0 035 $a(CKB)111004366678686 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000199854 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12058784 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000199854 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10208858 035 $a(PQKB)10374337 035 $aebr5001360 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC165049 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL165049 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10070459 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL46374 035 $a(OCoLC)56943568 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366678686 100 $a20010402e20011999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe meanings of death in Rabbinic Judaism /$fDavid Kraemer 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon $cRoutledge$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 170 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-415-21183-2 311 0 $a0-415-21184-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminaries; 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 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aDeath in rabbinical literature 606 $aJewish mourning customs$xHistory 606 $aDeath$xReligious aspects$xJudaism 615 0$aDeath in rabbinical literature. 615 0$aJewish mourning customs$xHistory. 615 0$aDeath$xReligious aspects$xJudaism. 676 $a296.44509015 700 $aKraemer$b David Charles$01685258 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813073303321 996 $aThe meanings of death in Rabbinic Judaism$94070558 997 $aUNINA