1500 1800
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approach of jews
ashkenazi jews
Author_Sylvie-Anne Goldberg
burial society
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death
development of jewish beliefs
discoveries
distinctively jewish
dying
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existing customs
hevra kaddisha
history of judaism
history of mentalists
illness
jewish life
jewish rituals
shedding new light
sickness
sickness and dying
Product details
- ISBN 9780520081499
- Weight: 726g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 21 Apr 1997
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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 mentalites 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.
Sylvie-Anne Goldberg is Associate Professor at the Center for Historical Research, L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris. Carol Cosman is a freelance translator.
