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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... ritual circumcision; cutting the hair for the first time of a three-year-old boy and then immediately teaching him Hebrew from an alphabet chart smeared with honey; bar mitzvah as a ceremony for boys age thirteen years and a day, as ...
... rituals that continue to be formulated and instituted for women's or gays' experiences, for example, are just another extension of the age-old process of Jewish ritual innovation and inventiveness. The very process of constant ritual ...
... ritual invention that is evident from biblical times to the present. Objections today that tradition always was the way it is now are simply misinformed. Every generation has negotiated between earlier practices and norms and the needs ...
... (ritual circumcision, known more commonly as a bris).30 The midrash, however, has invented a proof text and the italicized words are not in the Bible. The verse actually says that Abraham made a great feast “be-higgamelet yizhaq” (on the ...
... ritual objects were added; implements used to effect the medical operation changed, and containers were designed to hold them and varied in material and design in accordance with local medical and artistic styles and standards. In ...
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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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