David Kraemer

The Meanings of Death in Rabbinic Judaism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"The Meanings of Death in Rabbinic Judaism" is the first study of death and the mourning practices of Judaism's founders-the Rabbis of late antiquity. David Kraemer examines the earliest canonical texts-the Mishnah, the Tosefta, the Midrashim, and the Talmud-to decipher what ancient Jewish death rituals were. Through his examination of these vital Jewish texts, he is able to discover the unexpected irrational foundations of these beliefs. He also includes a discussion of evidence from the largest Jewish burial complex in antiquity, Beth Shearim, and an interpretation of the death rituals recorded in the Babylonian Talmud.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9780415211833
• ISBN-10: 0415211832
• Artikelnr.: 22301411

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