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 of char...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Berlin]
de Gruyter
2014, [2014]
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| Series: | Rethinking Diaspora
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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 pages |
| ISBN: | 3110377489 3110339188 3110338610 9783110377484 |