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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... 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 of a rabbit, or an inscription meant to 30 1 / Birth, “Bris,” Schooling.
... woman in labor in Egypt seems to indicate that she sat on two stones placed a small distance apart: “'When you deliver the Hebrew women, look at the birthstool'” (avnayim) (Exod. 1:16), a local Egyptian practice. The meaning of the term ...
... woman. Called meyaledet (literally, birther) in biblical Hebrew—hakhamah (skilled woman) or hayyah (life-bringer) in the Talmud9—a midwife appears in several biblical accounts of important births. For example, during the difficult ...
... woman give birth on the Sabbath and call a midwife (hakhamah) for her even from far away, and one may desecrate the Sabbath over her.”10 Fear of facing this real danger generated rituals, as we learn from Ezekiel, the prophet who was ...
... woman may perform the rite.53 Unless the father himself performed the rite, as sometimes happened,54 the person does so according to traditional Jewish law, as the father's surrogate. In many cultures, the practice of circumcision is ...
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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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