The care for the dead in medieval Ashkenaz, 1000--1500

The care for the dead in medieval Ashkenaz, 1000--1500

Assuming that ancient traditions were at the very heart of medieval Jewish practices, I question to what extent the care for the dead in medieval Ashkenaz continued and to what extent it differed from the treatment of the body in earlier periods. Were the halakhic norms regarding the care for the de...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schur, Yechiel Y
Other Authors: Chazan, Robert (advisor), Gottlieb, Michah (committee member), Johnson, Penelope (advisor), Peters, Frank (committee member), Schiffman, Lawrence H. (committee member)
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Subjects:
To 1500
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Europe > History > To 1500
Jews > Study and teaching
History, European
History, Medieval
Funeral rites and ceremonies
History
Europe

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University of Pennsylvania

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Call Number: GT3180 .S359 2008

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