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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... feast of the betrothed; others, to the feast of the married; some to the seven-day [feast after] a son [is born]; others to collect the bones [of the dead].16 Contexts vary in which ages are mentioned. For example, the Mishnah, the ...
... feast that the father made at the end of the week, as though the term meant a time that marked one week after the ... feast that took place for seven daysafter the birth of a son. Originally, it meant “the son's birth week” of continual ...
... feast after the birth of a child is also an early Arab custom and may underlie the term in rabbinic texts, even though the original practice was forgotten by Talmudic times. Muslim women cook and bring things over to the mother and ...
... feast at the circumcision of Isaac, like the sum of [the numerical values of the Hebrew letters] h[eh] g[imel], [which is eight].”31 These early medieval Palestinian midrash texts were defending the custom of celebrating a boy's ...
... feast was made. The rabbinic comment might be taken to imply that the writer himself was aware of annual birthday celebrations among Jews in twelfth-century Italy, but a closer reading suggests that the comment is probably referring to ...
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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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