Biblical Mourning : Ritual and Social Dimensions

Name: Biblical Mourning
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780199264865
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ISBN: 9780199264865

by Saul M. Olyan

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 0199264864

ISBN-13 9780199264865

Publisher Oxford University Press

Imprint Oxford University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jan 8th, 2004

Print length 184 Pages

Weight 360 grams

Dimensions 22.40 x 14.70 x 1.70 cms

Product Classification: Christian worship, rites & ceremonies Judaism Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts Sociology: death & dying Sociology: death and dying Judaism Christianity Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

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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.

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.

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