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Final judgement and the dead in Medieval Jewish thought.

Attitudes to death and the afterlife underwent significant transformation in high medieval Europe. Through a detailed analysis of ghost tales in the Ashkenazi pietistic work Sefer Hasidim, this highly original study discusses the profound Christian influence on a Jewish religious enclave that led to...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Weissman, Susan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2020.
Series:The Littman library of Jewish civilization
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half-title Page
  • The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • To my husband Allan
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Note on Sources
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Introduction
  • Part I: The Dead Of Sefer Ḥasidim
  • 1. The Dangerous Dead
  • 2. The Sinful Dead
  • 3. The Holy Dead
  • 4. The Neutral Dead and the Pietist Dead
  • Part II: The Afterlife In Sefer Ḥasidim
  • 5. Status in the Hereafter
  • 6. On Sin, Penance, and Purgation
  • 7. Bonds Between the Living and the Dead I
  • 8. Bonds Between the Living and the Dead II
  • 9. Conclusion
  • Bibliography