Death in Jewish life : burial and mourning customs among Jews of Europe and nearby communities /

Death in Jewish life : burial and mourning customs among Jews of Europe and nearby communities /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Boston : de Gruyter, [2014]
Description:	xix, 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:	Multiple English Hebrew
Series:	Studia Judaica, 0585-5306 ; Band 78 Rethinking diaspora ; volume 1 Studia Judaica (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ; bd. 78.
Subject:	Jewish mourning customs -- Europe. Death -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Jews -- Europe, Western -- History -- 70-1789. Judaism -- History -- Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789. Death -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Jewish mourning customs. Jews. Judaism -- Medieval and early modern period. Europe. Europe, Western. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10095329

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Other authors / contributors:	Reif, Stefan C., 1944- Lehnardt, Andreas. Bar-Levav, Avriel.
ISBN:	9783110338614 (hardcover 23 x 15,5 : alk. paper) 3110338610 (hardcover 23 x 15,5 : alk. paper) 9783110339185 (ebook)
ISSN:	0585-5306
Notes:	Includes indexes. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. In English, includes few texts in Hebrew.
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."--
Other form:	9783110339192 (print + online) 9783110339185 (online)

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