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Time and life cycle in Talmud and Midrash

by Rubin, Nissan.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: Judaism and Jewish life Published by : Academic Studies Press, (Boston :) Physical details: ix, 225 p.
Subject(s): Talmud. | Judaism -- Customs and practices. | Life cycle, Human -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. | Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism. | Midrash. | Sociology. | Anthropology. | Electronic books.
Year: 2008
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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.

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