The Meanings of Death in Rabbinic Judaism

By: David Kraemer

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Hardcover | 23 September 1999 | Edition Number 1

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There are many books devoted to explicating Jewish laws and customs relating to death and mourning and a wealth of studies addressing the significance of death practices around the world. However, never before has there been a study of the death and mourning practices of the founders of Judaism - the Rabbis of late antiquity. The Meanings of Death in Rabbinic Judaism fills that gap.
The author examines the earliest canonical texts - the Mishnah, the Tosefta, the Midrashim and the Talmud of the Land of Israel. He outlines the rituals described in these texts, from preparation for death to reburial of bones and the end of mourning. David Kraemer explores the relationships between the texts and interprets the rituals to uncover the beliefs which informed their foundation. He discusses the material evidence preserved in the largest Jewish burial complex in antiquity - the catacombs at Beth Shearim. Finally, the author offers an interpretation of the Rabbis' interpretations of death rituals - those recorded in the Babylonian Talmud.
The Meanings of Death in Rabbinic Judaism provides a comprehensive and illuminating introduction to the formation, practice and significance of death rituals in Rabbinic Judaism.

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"This book is valuable for scholars of rabbinics, the history of Judaism and comparative study of death and mourning.."-"Journal of Religion, Jonathan ul Schofer. ..."this is a pioneering work in its utilization of the documentary history of ideas of Judaism, and a solid achievement."-"National Jewish Post and Opinion, April 5, 2000

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List of illustrations	p. vii
Preface and Acknowledgments	p. viii
Glossary	p. ix
List of abbreviations	p. xi
The presence of death	p. 1
Jewish death customs before the rabbis	p. 14
Early rabbinic death-practices: The evidence of the Mishnah	p. 23
Early expansions and commentaries: The testimony of the Tosefta and Tannaitic Midrashim	p. 36
Jewish death-practices in reality: The catacombs at Beth Shearim	p. 48
Jewish death-practices in early Byzantine Palestine: The Yerushalmi and Aggadic Midrashim	p. 72
Law as commentary: The Bavli on death and burial	p. 95
The Bavli interprets the mourner	p. 117
Post-Talmudic developments in Jewish death-practice	p. 133
A personal theological postscript	p. 142
Notes	p. 150
References	p. 160
Index	p. 164
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