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Rituals of childhood : Jewish acculturation in Medieval Europe /

In medieval times, when a Jewish boy of five began religious schooling, he was carried from home to a teacher and placed on the teacher's lap. He was then asked to recite the Hebrew alphabet and lick honey from the slate on which it was written, to eat magically inscribed cooked peeled eggs and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marcus, Ivan G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, ©1996.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: ritual and medieval Jewish cultural history
  • The initiation rite
  • Ancient Jewish pedagogy
  • Food magic and mnemonic gestures
  • Symbolic readings
  • Childhood initiations into religious cultures.