Death in Jewish Life: Burial and Mourning Customs Among Jews of Europe and Nearby Communities

ISBN-13: 9783110338614 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 398 str.

Opis

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. "

Recenzje

"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

O autorze

Stefan C. Reif, St John s College, Cambridge, UK; Andreas Lehnardt, Universität Mainz; Avriel Bar-Levav, Open University, Israel.