The Jewish Life Cycle: Rites of Passage from Biblical to Modern TimesUniversity of Washington Press, 1 de mar. de 2012 - 376 páginas In this original and sweeping review of Jewish culture and history, Ivan Marcus examines how and why various rites and customs celebrating stages in the life cycle have evolved through the ages and persisted to this day. For each phase of life--from childhood and adolescence to adulthood and the advanced years—the book traces the origin and development of specific rites associated with the events of birth, circumcision, and schooling; bar and bat mitzvah and confirmation; engagement, betrothal, and marriage; and aging, dying, and remembering. Customs in Jewish tradition, such as the presence of godparents at a circumcision, the use of a four-poled canopy at a wedding, and the placing of small stones on tombstones, are discussed. In each chapter, detailed descriptions walk the reader through such ceremonies as early modern and contemporary circumcision, weddings, and funerals. |
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... . For example, the Mishnah, the first rabbinic document from early third-century Palestine, refers to different ages for bloodletting and says when one is young one may do it every thirty days; when one is 13 Introduction.
... Mishnah that serves as a summary of rabbinic values. Called “The Fathers” (avot), it is sometimes referred to as the “Ethics of the Fathers,” and it is included in most prayer books. Consider the fourteen ages of man in Mishnah Avot 5 ...
... Mishnah Avot combines the life of the advanced student with domestic living. This reflects the rabbinic class's ideal of a progression through different ages from elementary to more advanced studies. For the first time, the age of ...
... Mishnah, by early second-century Palestine, declared that “one may help a woman give birth on the Sabbath and call a midwife (hakhamah) for her even from far away, and one may desecrate the Sabbath over her.”10 Fear of facing this real ...
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2 Bar Mitzvah Bat Mitzvah Confirmation | 82 |
3 Engagement Betrothal Marriage | 124 |
4 Aging Dying Remembering | 193 |
Conclusions | 249 |
Glossary | 255 |
Notes | 261 |
Bibliography | 301 |
Index | 347 |
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