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

Author/creator Rubin, Nissan
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBoston : Academic Studies Press,
Descriptionix, 225 p. ; 25 cm.
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SeriesJudaism and Jewish life
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 193-[209]) and indexes.
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LCCN 2008013324
ISBN9781934843079 (hardcover)
ISBN1934843075 (hardcover)

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