Time and life cycle in Talmud and Midrash socio-anthropological perspectives /

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Autor principal: Rubin, Nissan
Autor corporatiu: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electrònic eBook
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2008.
Col·lecció:Judaism and Jewish life.
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Taula de continguts:
  • The sociology and anthropology of Talmudic texts
  • The clothing of the primordial Adam as a symbol of apocalyptic time in the Midrashic sources
  • Brit milah: a study of change in custom
  • Coping with the value of the Pidyon haʼben payment in rabbinic literature: an example of a social change process
  • Birth and marriage rituals: women's status in a critical reading of the texts
  • The sages' conception of the body and soul
  • From corpse to corpus: the body as a text in Talmudic literature
  • Birkat avelim--the blessing of mourners: ritual aspects of social change.