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- catalog abstract ""Samuel Heilman's eloquent account of the traditional customs that are put into practice when a Jewish person dies provides both an informative anthropological perspective on Jewish rites of mourning and a moving chronicle of the loss of his own father. This unique narrative crosses and recrosses the boundary between the academic and the religious, the personal and the general, reflecting Heilman's changing roles as social scientist, bereaved son, and observant Jew. Not only describing but explaining the cultural meaning behind Jewish practices and traditions, this extraordinary book shows what is particular and what is universal about Jewish experiences of death, bereavement, mourning, and their aftermath."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12104376.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Samuel Heilman's eloquent account of the traditional customs that are put into practice when a Jewish person dies provides both an informative anthropological perspective on Jewish rites of mourning and a moving chronicle of the loss of his own father. This unique narrative crosses and recrosses the boundary between the academic and the religious, the personal and the general, reflecting Heilman's changing roles as social scientist, bereaved son, and observant Jew. Not only describing but explaining the cultural meaning behind Jewish practices and traditions, this extraordinary book shows what is particular and what is universal about Jewish experiences of death, bereavement, mourning, and their aftermath."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-259) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Gosess and Petira: near death and the end of life -- Onen: freshly bereaved -- Tahara: purifying the dead -- Leveiya: the funeral and its accompaniment -- Shivah: seven days of mourning -- Shloshim and Kaddish: the first month and after -- The twelve months and Yahrzeit anniversary -- Beit Olam and Yizkor: forever -- Final thoughts.".
- catalog extent "271 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0520219651 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.".
- catalog isPartOf "The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
- catalog subject "296.4/45 21".
- catalog subject "BM712 .H45 2001".
- catalog subject "Bereavement Religious aspects Judaism.".
- catalog subject "Bereavement Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Jewish mourning customs.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Gosess and Petira: near death and the end of life -- Onen: freshly bereaved -- Tahara: purifying the dead -- Leveiya: the funeral and its accompaniment -- Shivah: seven days of mourning -- Shloshim and Kaddish: the first month and after -- The twelve months and Yahrzeit anniversary -- Beit Olam and Yizkor: forever -- Final thoughts.".
- catalog title "When a Jew dies : the ethnography of a bereaved son / Samuel C. Heilman.".
- catalog type "text".