Jewish Passages - Cycles of Jewish Life

Informationen zum Autor Harvey E. Goldberg is Professor of Anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the editor of The Life of Judaism (California! 2001). He is the author of Jewish Life in Muslim Libya: Rivals and Relatives (1990)! and Cave Dwellers and Citrus Growers: A Jewish Community in Libya and Israel (1972). Klappentext "Goldberg's breadth of knowledge is particularly impressive. Here is a scholar who has read everything, and has produced a rich, first-rate book that is both comprehensive and accessible, making Jewish customs meaningful even to non-specialists. A scholarly achievement that is also a great bar-mitzvah gift, with tremendous value for anyone in Jewish Studies including rabbis and members of synagogue study groups."—Jack Kugelmass, Irving and Miriam Lowe Professor and Director, Jewish Studies Program at Arizona State University "Sweeping in its reach and richly informative in its details. Jewish Passages offers a treasury of wonderfully interesting information. This is a work that will not be lost. " Samuel C. Heilman, author of When a Jew Dies Zusammenfassung American or Middle Eastern, Ashkenazi or Sephardi, insular or immersed in modern life - however diverse their situations or circumstances, Jews draw on common traditions and texts when they mark life's momentous events and rites of passage. This book presents an account of how Jews celebrate and observe the cycles of life. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1. Being Jewish 2. Beginnings: Birth! Circumcision! and Naming 3. Rituals of Education 4. Marriage 5. Pilgrimage and Creating Identities 6. Death! Mourning! and Remembering 7. Bonds of Community and Individual Lives Appendix 1. Outline of a Circumcision Ceremony (Brit Milah) Appendix 2. Ceremony for Naming a Daughter (Zeved Ha-bat) Appendix 3. Tefillin and the Shm a Appendix 4. Elements of the Marriage Service and Blessings Notes Glossary Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Harvey E. Goldberg, Goldberg Harvey E.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.10.2003
• EAN: 9780520206939
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20693-9
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Sociology, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Sociology: customs & traditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, Jewish Studies, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities