Rubin, Nissan.
Time and life cycle in Talmud and Midrash socio-anthropological perspectives / [electronic resource] : Nissan Rubin. - Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2008. - ix, 225 p. - Judaism and Jewish life . - Judaism and Jewish life. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-[209]) and indexes.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Talmud.
Judaism--Customs and practices.
Life cycle, Human--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
Midrash.
Sociology.
Anthropology.
Electronic books.
BM700 / .R83 2008eb
296.1/206
Time and life cycle in Talmud and Midrash socio-anthropological perspectives / [electronic resource] : Nissan Rubin. - Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2008. - ix, 225 p. - Judaism and Jewish life . - Judaism and Jewish life. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-[209]) and indexes.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Talmud.
Judaism--Customs and practices.
Life cycle, Human--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
Midrash.
Sociology.
Anthropology.
Electronic books.
BM700 / .R83 2008eb
296.1/206