First Came Marriage : The Rabbinic Appropriation of Early Jewish Wedding Ritual / Susan Marks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marks, Susan, author.

Series:

Judaism in context ; 13.

Judaism in Context

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 261 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2013]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Ritual and historical perspectives each provide only a partial view of early Jewish weddings. Combining these approaches allows for a new look at practices rejected or highlighted by early rabbis and their successors, and First Came Marriage: The Rabbinic Appropriation of Early Jewish Wedding Ritual investigates the process by which early Jews married and the various moves they used to minimize, elaborate or codify these practices.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION: THE PARADOX OF RITUAL AND HISTORY

CHAPTER ONE: RECOGNIZING BETROTHALS AFTER THE FACT

CHAPTER TWO: PREPARING THE BRIDE

CHAPTER THREE: DEBATING WEDDING PROCESSIONS, NEGOTIATING POST-TEMPLE JEWISH PRACTICE

CHAPTER FOUR: WEDDING-FEAST BLESSINGS AND RABBINIC COMMUNAL MOBILITY

CONCLUSION

EXCURSUS: TOSEFTA QIDDUSHIN

APPENDIX: SELECTED TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Apr 2019)

ISBN:

9781463216832

1463216831

OCLC:

900885462