Crossing the Jabbok: Illness and Death in Askenazi Judaism in Sixteenth - Through Nineteenth-Century Prague Volume 3
(Part of the Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture, and Society Series)
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To date, remarkably little research attention has been paid to the development of Jewish beliefs and rituals about illness and death. Crossing the Jabbok presents an illuminating study of such views and practices among Ashkenazi Jews (1500s-1800s) and is one of the first works to apply history of mentalit s methods to a topic in Jewish cultural studies. Focusing on Prague, then the center of Central and Western European Jewry, the author draws on a rich array of materials to explore what was distinctively Jewish about the approach of Jews to sickness and dying. Her discoveries shed new light on the institution of the hevra kaddisha , or burial society, and many existing customs.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0520081498
ISBN13:9780520081499
Release Date:April 1997
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.75 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"
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