To date, remarkably little research attention has been paid to the development of Jewish beliefs and rituals about illness and death. Crossing the Jabbok presents an illuminating study of such views and practices among Ashkenazi Jews (1500s-1800s) and is one of the first works to apply history of mentalites methods to a topic in Jewish cultural studies. Focusing on Prague, then the center of Central and Western European Jewry, the author draws on a rich array of materials to explore what was distinctively Jewish about the approach of Jews to sickness and dying. Her discoveries shed new light on the institution of the hevra kaddisha, or burial society, and many existing customs.
| ISBN: | 9780520081499 |
| Publication date: | 21st April 1997 |
| Author: | SylvieAnne Goldberg |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Series: | Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture, and Society |
| Genres: |
Social groups: religious groups and communities Judaism Sociology Social and cultural anthropology Sociology: death and dying |
To date, remarkably little research attention has been paid to the development of Jewish beliefs and rituals about illness and death. Crossing the Jabbok presents an illuminating study of such views and practices among Ashkenazi Jews (1500s-1800s) and is one of the first works to apply history of mentalites methods to a topic in Jewish cultural studies. Focusing on Prague, then the center of Central and Western European Jewry, the author draws on a rich array of materials to explore what was distinctively Jewish about the approach of Jews to sickness and dying. Her discoveries shed new light on the institution of the hevra kaddisha, or burial society, and many existing customs.
Crossing the Jabbok features in the following genres: Social groups: religious groups and communities, Judaism, Sociology, Social and cultural anthropology, Sociology: death and dying
Crossing the Jabbok is available in Hardback
Crossing the Jabbok was written by SylvieAnne Goldberg and published by University of California Press
Crossing the Jabbok has 336 pages
Yes it is part of Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture, and Society series