Biblical Mourning - Ritual and Social Dimensions

Zusatztext Olyan presents us with a clear and convincing phenomenology of biblical mourning rites. The book is lucidly written and organized, the evidence is judiciously interpreted, and the argument is easily followed. It is a joy to read. Informationen zum Autor Saul M. Olyan is Professor of Judaic Studies and Religious Studies at Brown University Klappentext A comprehensive analysis of the ritual dimensions of biblical mourning rites, this book also seeks to illuminate mourning's social dimensions through engagement with anthropological discussion of mourning, from Hertz and van Gennep to contemporaries such as Metcalf and Huntington and Bloch and Parry. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive analysis of the ritual dimensions of biblical mourning rites, this book also seeks to illuminate mourning's social dimensions through engagement with anthropological discussion of mourning, from Hertz and van Gennep to contemporaries such as Metcalf and Huntington and Bloch and Parry. The author identifies four types of biblical mourning, and argues that mourning the dead is paradigmatic. He investigates why mourning can occur among petitioners in a sanctuary setting even given mourning's death associations; why certain texts proscribe some mourning rites (laceration and shaving) but not others; and why the mixing of the rites of mourning and rejoicing, normally incompatible, occurs in the same ritual in several biblical texts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Mourning the Dead 2: Petitionary Mourning 3: Mourning in Other Contexts 4: The Constraints on Mourning Rites 5: The Sanctioned Mixing of Mourning and Rejoicing Conclusion

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• Authors: Saul M Olyan, Saul M. Olyan, Saul M. ( Olyan, Saul M. (Professor of Judaic Studies and Re Olyan, Olyan Saul M.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.01.2004
• EAN: 9780199264865
• ISBN: 978-0-19-926486-5
• No. of pages: 184
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; RELIGION / Judaism / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, RELIGION / Judaism / Rituals & Practice, RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General, Christianity, Judaism, Christian worship, rites & ceremonies, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying, Criticism & Exegesis Of Sacred Texts