Death in Jewish life
Subtitle: burial and mourning customs among Jews of Europe and nearby communities
By: edited by Stefan C. Reif, Andreas Lehnardt and Avriel Bar-Levav
Series: Studia Judaica -- Bd. 78
Publisher: de Gruyter
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Boston
Language: mul
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9783110338614
Subjects: Jewish mourning customs; Death; Judaism; Jews; History
Description: "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."--
Notes: Includes indexes.