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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... practice some form of biblical religion and ancient Judaism even though they live in Seattle and Tokyo, Bombay and ... practices that were widespread all around them, Jews remained Jews and usually did not think of themselves as also ...
... practices are now common and traditional, but each one was an innovation at some point and many represent an adaptation into Judaism of non-Jewish practices. Even customs that are found in the Bible or Talmud,8 the canon of Jewish ...
... practice, although various periods and places set different limits to what would change and what would not. The same is true today, even if the contexts are different. Ironically, the view held by some Orthodox circles today that ...
... practice. The meaning of the term “avnayim” is not clear but may refer to birthing stones, as in a magical inscription from an Egyptian papyrus that includes the phrase, “from on the two brickstones of the birth.”4There are suggestive ...
... practice for Egyptian women, but that some Israelite women were able to give birth without one: The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, saying, “When you deliver the Hebrew ...
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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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