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Jewish customs and traditions about death, burial and mourning are numerous, diverse and intriguing. They are considered by many to have a respectable pedigree that goes back to the earliest rabbinic period. In order to examine the accurate historical origins of many of them, an international conference was held at Tel Aviv University in 2010 and experts dealt with many aspects of the topic. This volume includes most of the papers given then, as well as a few added later. What emerges are a wealth of fresh material and perspectives, as well as the realization that the high Middle Ages saw a set of exceptional innovations, some of which later became central to traditional Judaism while others were gradually abandoned. Were these innovations influenced by Christian practice? Which prayers and poems reflect these innovations? What do the sources tell us about changing attitudes to death and life-after death? Are tombstones an important guide to historical developments? Answers to these questions are to be found in this unusual, illuminating and readable collection of essays that have been well documented, carefully edited and well indexed.
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Stefan C. Reif, St John's College, Cambridge, UK; Andreas Lehnardt, Universität Mainz; Avriel Bar-Levav, Open University, Israel.
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"Der von Reif, Lehnardt und Bar-Levav herausgegebene Band bietet einen umfassenden und sehr anregenden Einblick in ein Forschungsfeld, das innerhalb der Judaistik zu Unrecht (noch) ein Randphänomen darstellt."
Susanne Talabardon in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 5/2016
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- PublisherDe Gruyter
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 3110552167
- ISBN 13 9783110552164
- BindingPerfect Paperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages400
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