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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... mentioned in either the Hebrew Bible or Talmud are the ba'al brit,or godfather, sometimes called the sandeq,as well as the invocation of the prophet Elijah and his chair at a ritual circumcision; cutting the hair for the first time of a ...
... mentioned. 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.
... mentioned in Ecclesiastes correspond to the seven worlds that a man beholds: [1] At age one, he is like a king, seated in a litter while all hug and kiss him; [2] at two and three, he is like a pig, sticking his hands in the gutters; [3] ...
... mentioned in rabbinic texts and others that the rabbis explicitly opposed but had no power to stop. From the beginning, there is a difference between Jewish culture, the behavior of the vast majority of Jewish men, women, and children ...
... mentioned in the narratives. In late antiquity and medieval times, many customs are attested that were thought to protect the mother and the unborn child. A pregnant woman might wear around her neck special stones or a gold coin, part ...
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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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