
Death in Jewish Life
Burial and Mourning Customs Among Jews of Europe and Nearby Communities
De Gruyter (Publisher)
Published on 28. August 2014
Book
Hardback
XIX, 379 pages
978-3-11-033919-2 (ISBN)
Article is exhausted; no reprint
Description
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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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
Includes a print version and an ebook
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
ISBN-13
978-3-11-033919-2 (9783110339192)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Stefan C. Reif, St John's College, Cambridge, UK; Andreas Lehnardt, Mainz University; Avriel Bar-Levav, Open University, Israel.