Jewish Passages : Cycles of Jewish Life /
However diverse their situations, Jews draw on common traditions and texts when they mark life's momentous events and rites of passage. Looking at classic rites of passage along with emerging life-milestone practices, this text reflects the culture and religious diversity within Judaism.
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2003.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Being Jewish
- Beginnings: birth, circumcision and naming
- Rituals of education
- Marriage
- Pilgrimage and creating identities
- Death, mourning and remembering
- Bonds of community and individual lives
- Appendix 1. Outline of a circumcision ceremony (Brit Milah)
- Appendix 2. Ceremony for naming a daughter (Zeved Ha-bat)
- Appendix 3. Tefillin and the schma
- Appendix 4. Elements of the marriage service and blessings.