David Kraemer

The Meanings of Death in Rabbinic Judaism (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

There are many books devoted to explicating Jewish laws and customs relating to death and mourning and a wealth of studies addressing the significance of death practices around the world. However, never before has there been a study of the death and mourning practices of the founders of Judaism - the Rabbis of late antiquity. The Meanings of Death in Rabbinic Judaism fills that gap.
The author examines the earliest canonical texts - the Mishnah, the Tosefta, the Midrashim and the Talmud of the Land of Israel. He outlines the rituals described in these texts, from preparation for death to reburial of bones and the end of mourning. David Kraemer explores the relationships between the texts and interprets the rituals to uncover the beliefs which informed their foundation. He discusses the material evidence preserved in the largest Jewish burial complex in antiquity - the catacombs at Beth Shearim. Finally, the author offers an interpretation of the Rabbis' interpretations of death rituals - those recorded in the Babylonian Talmud.
The Meanings of Death in Rabbinic Judaism provides a comprehensive and illuminating introduction to the formation, practice and significance of death rituals in Rabbinic Judaism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134616534
• Artikelnr.: 42976522

Autorenporträt

David Kraemer is Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York.

Inhaltsangabe

1 The presence of death 2 Jewish death customs before the rabbis 3 Early
rabbinic death-practices: The evidence of the Mishnah 4 Early expansions
and commentaries: The testimony of the Tosefta and Tannaitic Midrashim 5
Jewish death-practices in reality: The catacombs at Beth Shearim 6 Jewish
death-practices in early Byzantine Palestine: The Yerushalmi and Aggadic
Midrashim 7 Law as commentary: The Bavli on death and burial 8 The Bavli
interprets the mourner 9 Post-Talmudic developments in Jewish
death-practice 10 A personal theological postscript