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 o...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English Hebrew |
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| Published: |
Berlin [u.a.]
De Gruyter
2014
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| In: |
Studia Judaica (78)
Year: 2014 |
| Reviews: | Death in Jewish Life. Burial and Mourning Customs Among Jews of Europe and Nearby Communities (2016) (Talabardon, Susanne, 1965 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Studia Judaica
78 Studia Judaica / Rethinking diaspora 1 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ashkenazim
/ Funeral rite
/ Mourning rites
/ History 500-1500
B Judaism / Death / Mourning rites |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Conference program 2010 (Tel Aviv) B Death Religious aspects Judaism B Jews (Europe, Western) History 70-1789 B Jewish mourning customs (Europe) B Judaism History Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789 |
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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."-- |
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| Physical Description: | XIX, 379 S., Ill., 230 mm x 155 mm |
| ISBN: | 3110338610 |