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

• Tác giả: Andreas Lehnardt, Stefan C Reif
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-3110339185
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 296.4 Traditions, rites, public services
• Thông tin xuất bản: Berlin, Germany : De Gruyter, 2014
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 176911
• Chủ đề: 1. Jewish studies

Tóm tắt

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.