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

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 chari...

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Authors: Reif, Stefan C. 1944- (Author) ; Lehnardt, Andreas 1965- (Author) ; Bar-Levav, Avriʾel (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] De Gruyter 2014
In:Year: 2014
Series/Journal:Rethinking Diaspora
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Summary: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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (398 p.)
ISBN:978-3-11-033918-5
Access:Open Access
Persistent identifiers:HDL: 20.500.12854/44577