Biblical mourning: ritual and social dimensions
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.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford New York
Oxford University Press
2004
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| In: | Year: 2004 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Olyan, Saul M., Biblical Mourning: Ritual and Social Dimensions] (2005) (Lawrence, Louise Joy, 1975 -)
Biblical Mourning: Ritual and Social Dimensions. By Saul M. Olyan (2008) (Johnston, Philip) |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mourning rites
/ Old Testament
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| Further subjects: | B
Mourning customs, Jewish
B Mourning customs in the Bible B Jewish mourning customs |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| 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. |
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| ISBN: | 0191698997 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199264865.001.0001 |