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1 online resource (xix, 379 pages). |
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Rethinking Diaspora ; v. 1 |
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Rethinking diaspora.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Jewish attitudes towards death: a society between time, space and texts / Avriel Bar-Levav -- The early growth of the medieval economy of salvation in Latin Christianity / Frederick S. Paxton -- A response to Professor Paxton's paper / Stefan C. Reif -- From here to hereafter: the Ashkenazi concept of the afterlife in a crusading milieu / Shmuel Shepkaru -- Christian influences on the Yahrzeit Qaddish / Andreas Lehnardt -- Investigation into the early European forms of the idduq ha-Din / Ruth Langer -- Ha-ur Tamim be-khol Po'al: on some Italian roots of the poetic idduq ha-Din in early Ashkenazi rite / Peter Sh. Lehnardt -- Av ha-raamim: on the 'Father of Mercy' prayer / Joseph Isaac Lifshitz -- Liturgy as personal memorial for the victims of 1096 / Abraham Gross -- 'When the grave was searched, the bones of the deceased were not found': corporeal revenants in medieval Ashkenaz / Yechiel Y. Schur -- The early Ashkenazi practice of burial with religious paraphenalia / Nati Barak -- The dead as living history: on the publication of Die Grabsteine vom jüdischen Freidhof in Würzburg 1147-1346 / Avraham (Rami) Reiner -- Newly found medieval gravestones from Magenza / Nathanja Hüttenmeister and Andreas Lehnardt -- The structures of Hebrew epitaph poetry in Padua / David Malkiel -- The Corpus Epitaphiorum Hebraicorum Italiae (CECHI): a project to publish a complete corpus of epitaphs preserved in Italian Jewish cemeteries / Mauro Perani -- Romans in Istanbul. part 1: historical and literary introduction / Minna Rozen -- Romans in Istanbul. part 2: texts and photographs. |
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on 10/19/2020). |
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. |
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
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Open Access EbpS |
Subject |
Jewish mourning customs -- Europe.
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Death -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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Jews -- Europe, Western -- History -- 70-1789.
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Judaism -- History -- Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789.
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Deuil -- Coutumes juives -- Europe.
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Mort -- Aspect religieux -- Judaïsme.
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Juifs -- Europe de l'Ouest -- Histoire -- 70-1789.
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Judaïsme -- Histoire -- 425-1789.
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Jewish studies.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Rituals & Practice.
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Death -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
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Jewish mourning customs
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Jews
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Judaism -- Medieval and early modern period
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Europe
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Western Europe
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Chronological Term |
70-1789
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Indexed Term |
Folklore. |
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Judaism. |
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Liturgy. |
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Religion. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History
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Added Author |
Reif, Stefan C., 1944- editor.
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Lehnardt, Andreas, editor.
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Bar-Levav, Avriel, editor.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Death in Jewish life : burial and mourning customs among Jews of Europe and nearby communities / edited by Stefan C. Reif, Andreas Lehnardt and Avriel Bar-Levav. [Berlin] : [Boston] : de Gruyter, [2014] 9783110338614 |
ISBN |
9783110339185 (pdf) |
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3110339188 |
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9783110338614 (hc) |
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9783110377484 |
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3110377489 |
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3110338610 |
Standard No. |
AU@ 000056012502 |
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AU@ 000062551429 |
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CHBIS 010472281 |
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CHNEW 001035252 |
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CHVBK 556237145 |
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DEBBG BV042349552 |
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DEBBG BV044068866 |
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DEBSZ 478283873 |
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