Table of Contents: The meanings of death in Rabbinic Judaism /

Main Author:	Kraemer, David Charles.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Subjects:	Death > Religious aspects > Judaism. Death in rabbinical literature. Jewish mourning customs > History. Mort > Aspect religieux > Judaïsme. Mort dans la littérature rabbinique. Deuil > Coutumes juives > Histoire. RELIGION > Judaism > Rituals & Practice.
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Table of Contents:

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; List of illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Glossary; List of abbreviations; 1 The presence of death; 2 Jewish death customs before the rabbis; 3 Early rabbinic death-practices; 4 Early expansions and commentaries; 5 Jewish death-practices in reality; 6 Jewish death-practices in early Byzantine Palestine; 7 Law as commentary: The Bavli on death and burial; 8 The Bavli interprets the mourner; 9 Post-Talmudic developments in Jewish death-practice; 10 A personal theological postscript; Notes; References; Index.