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Jewish passages : cycles of Jewish life / Harvey E. Goldberg.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BM700 .G613 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldberg, Harvey E.
- Series:
- S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
- The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Judaism--Customs and practices.
- Judaism.
- Fasts and feasts--Judaism.
- Fasts and feasts.
- Jewish way of life.
- Life cycle, Human--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Life cycle, Human.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- A multifaceted account of how Jews celebrate and observe the cycles of life. A leading anthropologist of Jewish culture, Harvey Goldberg draws on his own experience as well as classic sources and the latest research to create a nuanced portrait of Jewish rituals and customs that balances the reality of "ordinary Jews" with the authority of tradition.
- Contents:
- Being Jewish
- Beginnings: birth, circumcision, and naming
- Rituals of education
- Marriage
- Pilgrimage and creating identities
- Death, mourning, and remembering
- Bonds of community and individual lives.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-354) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520206932
- OCLC:
- 50761118
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