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Author Olyan, Saul M

Title Biblical mourning : ritual and social dimensions / Saul M. Olyan
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (x, 174 pages)
Contents Intro; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Mourning in Social Science Discussion; Mourning and Rejoicing as Ritual Oppositions; Identifying Types of Mourning; 1. Mourning the Dead; The Mourner's Distinct Ritual Behaviour; The Mourner's Separation from Society and the Cult; The Mourner's Relationship to the Dead; Mourners and their Comforters; Mourning Professionals; Social Dimensions of Mourning the Dead; 2. Petitionary Mourning; Varieties of Petitionary Mourning and their Purpose; Locus, Time Period, and Reversibility of the Petitionary Ritual Stance
The Role of Self-Debasement in Petitionary MourningPetitionary Mourning and the Cult; The Petitioner and Death; Comforting and Petition; Social Dimensions of Petitionary Mourning; 3. Mourning in Other Contexts; Non-Petitionary Mourning at the Time of a Calamity; The Mourning of the Individual Afflicted with Skin Disease; Social Dimensions: Non-Petitionary Mourning associated with a Calamity and the Mourning of the Person Afflicted with Skin Disease; 4. The Constraints on Mourning Rites; 5. The Sanctioned Mixing of Mourning and Rejoicing; Conclusion; Ritual Dimensions of Mourning
Social Dimensions of MourningBibliography; Index of Biblical References; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; Z
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-161) and indexes
Notes English
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Subject Jewish mourning customs.
Mourning customs in the Bible.
RELIGION -- Judaism -- Rituals & Practice.
Jewish mourning customs
Mourning customs in the Bible
Rouw.
Oude Testament.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1423768086
9781423768081
1280753722
9781280753725
9786610753727
6610753725
0191555886
9780191555886