The meanings of death in Rabbinic Judaism / David Kraemer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kraemer, David Charles.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death in rabbinical literature.

Jewish mourning customs--History.

Jewish mourning customs.

Death--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Death.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 170 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-61653-8

1-280-46374-0

9780203171020

9786610463749

0-203-01010-8

0-203-17102-0

9780203010105

OCLC:

56943568