The meanings of death in Rabbinic Judaism / / David Kraemer

• Autore: Kraemer David Charles
• Pubblicazione: London, : Routledge, 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 170 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 296.44509015
• Soggetto topico: Death in rabbinical literature; Jewish mourning customs - History; Death - Religious aspects - Judaism
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The meanings of death in Rabbinic Judaism
• ISBN: 1-134-61653-8; 1-280-46374-0; 9780203171020; 9786610463749; 0-203-01010-8; 0-203-17102-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778860503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II