Death in Jewish Life: Burial and Mourning Customs Among Jews of Europe and Nearby Communities

by Stefan C. Reif (Editor), Andreas Lehnardt (Editor), Avriel Bar-Levav (Editor)

Overview

This volume examines in inter-disciplinary perspective the degree to which the medieval Ashkenazi were innovative in the area of communal activity surrounding burial and mourning customs. The topics cover liturgical poetry as well as statutory prayers; confessions, final testimonies and acts of charity; funeral and mourning rites; the influences of the surrounding non-Jewish; the effects of major acts of persecution.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110377484
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	08/27/2014
Series:	Studia Judaica , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	398
Sales rank:	728,511
File size:	12 MB
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Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Stefan C. Reif, St John’s College, Cambridge, UK; Andreas Lehnardt, Mainz University; Avriel Bar-Levav, Open University, Israel.

Editorial Reviews

"Der von Reif, Lehnardt und Bar-Levav herausgegebene Band bietet einen umfassenden und sehr anregenden Einblick in ein Forschungsfeld, das innerhalb der Judaistik zu Unrecht (noch) ein Randphänomen darstellt."
Susanne Talabardon in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 5/2016

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