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LEADER: 01678cam a2200349 i 4500
001 2014014524
003 DLC
005 20141120081551.0
008 140410s2014 maua 001 0 mul
010 $a 2014014524
020 $a9783110338614 (hardcover 23 x 15,5 : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $aee-----
050 00 $aBM712$b.D43 2014
082 00 $a296.4/45094$223
245 00 $aDeath in Jewish life :$bburial and mourning customs among Jews of Europe and nearby communities /$cedited by Stefan C. Reif, Andreas Lehnardt and Avriel Bar-Levav.
264 1 $aBoston :$bde Gruyter,$c[2014]
300 $axix, 379 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aStudia Judaica,$x0585-5306 ;$vBd. 78
500 $aIncludes indexes.
520 $a"This volume examines in inter-disciplinary perspective the degree to which the medieval Ashkenazi were innovative in the area of communal activity surrounding burial and mourning customs. The topics cover liturgical poetry as well as statutory prayers; confessions, final testimonies and acts of charity; funeral and mourning rites; the influences of the surrounding non-Jewish; the effects of major acts of persecution."--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aJewish mourning customs$zEurope.
650 0 $aDeath$xReligious aspects$xJudaism.
650 0 $aJews$zEurope, Western$xHistory$y70-1789.
650 0 $aJudaism$xHistory$yMedieval and early modern period, 425-1789.
700 1 $aReif, Stefan C.,$d1944-
700 1 $aLehnardt, Andreas.
700 1 $aBar-Levav, Avriel.