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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... mother of Jesus. Despite the significance in biblical narratives about the births of many important figures often following initial barrenness, few rituals accompany the act of birthing.2 Perhaps this testifies to the biblical authors ...
... mother from miscarriage, hang amulets on the walls of her room to protect her from Lilith, or place a symbolic iron knife under her pillow, all customs that persisted into modern times either in Europe or in the Mediterranean Jewish ...
... mother's position, we do not know if anything was said to greet the birth—certainly not “Mazel tov!” From a chance remark by the prophet Jeremiah, we see that the father was usually not present at the birth itself. Someone else had to ...
... mother or of the infant posed constant dangers until very recent times. It was because birth was so dangerous that the rabbis of the Mishnah, by early second-century Palestine, declared that “one may help a woman give birth on the ...
... mother's womb.27 That a link between shevu'a ha-ben and circumcision is secondary, and not its original meaning, is proven by medieval texts that refer back to early rabbinic times to a parallel celebration called shevu'a ha-bat for the ...
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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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