ISBN:
9789047402671
,
9789004133044
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Year of publication:
2004
Series Statement:
Brill's Series in Jewish Studies 35
Series Statement:
Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Marriage Rituals Italian Style : A Historical Anthropological Perspective on Early Modern Italian Jews
Keywords:
Anthropology
;
Jewish marriage customs and rites
;
Judaism History 16th century
;
Judaism History 17th century
Abstract:
Marriage Rituals Italian Style: A Historical Anthropological Perspective on Early Modern Italian Jews is the first comprehensive attempt to present the wealth of primary documents relating to marriage rituals in Jewish Italian communities - responsa, private letters, court protocols, defamating books, love stories, material objects - and place them in historical context. The book traces the chronological course of different phases of marriage (matchmaking, betrothal, the wedding day), and also adopts a thematic perspective. Marriage rituals mirror key issues in local Jewish culture: family life, gender, the youth sub-culture, sexuality, the uses of property, and the honor ethos. Jewish marriage rituals in Italy are revealed as surprisingly similar to those of their Catholic neighbors, and undergo similar change process
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789047402671
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