ISBN:
9781936235032
Language:
English
Pages:
ix, 225 Seiten
Year of publication:
2010
Series Statement:
Judaism and Jewish life
DDC:
296.1/206
Keywords:
Talmud
;
Midrash
;
Sociology
;
Anthropology
;
Talmud
;
Midrasch
;
Rezeption
;
Lebensführung
;
Religiöses Leben
;
Brauch
Abstract:
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 haʾben 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.
Abstract:
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 ha-ben 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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-[209]) and indexes
