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Chapter 1. The Sociology and Anthropology of Talmudic Texts

© 2019 Academic Studies Press, Boston, USA

© 2019 Academic Studies Press, Boston, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
  4. Part One. INTRODUCTION
  5. Chapter 1. The Sociology and Anthropology of Talmudic Texts 3
  6. Part Two. TIME
  7. Chapter 2. The Clothing of the Primordial Adam as a Symbol of Apocalyptic Time in the Midrashic Sources 29
  8. Part Three. BIRTH AND MARRIAGE
  9. Chapter 3. Brit Milah: A study of Change in Custom 51
  10. Chapter 4. Coping with the Value of the Pidyon Ha’ben Payment in Rabbinic Literature: An Example of a Social Change Process 65
  11. Chapter 5. Birth and Marriage Rituals: Women’s Status in a Critical Reading of the Texts 90
  12. Part Four. DEATH
  13. Chapter 6. The Sages’ Conception of the Body and Soul 125
  14. Chapter 7. From Corpse to Corpus: The Body as a Text in Talmudic Literature 166
  15. Chapter 8. Birkat Avelim—The Blessing of Mourners: Ritual Aspects of Social Change 177
  16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 193
  17. GENERAL INDEX 211
  18. AUTHORS INDEX 215
  19. SOURCES INDEX 219
Time and Life Cycle in Talmud and Midrash
This chapter is in the book Time and Life Cycle in Talmud and Midrash
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618110398-002

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
  4. Part One. INTRODUCTION
  5. Chapter 1. The Sociology and Anthropology of Talmudic Texts 3
  6. Part Two. TIME
  7. Chapter 2. The Clothing of the Primordial Adam as a Symbol of Apocalyptic Time in the Midrashic Sources 29
  8. Part Three. BIRTH AND MARRIAGE
  9. Chapter 3. Brit Milah: A study of Change in Custom 51
  10. Chapter 4. Coping with the Value of the Pidyon Ha’ben Payment in Rabbinic Literature: An Example of a Social Change Process 65
  11. Chapter 5. Birth and Marriage Rituals: Women’s Status in a Critical Reading of the Texts 90
  12. Part Four. DEATH
  13. Chapter 6. The Sages’ Conception of the Body and Soul 125
  14. Chapter 7. From Corpse to Corpus: The Body as a Text in Talmudic Literature 166
  15. Chapter 8. Birkat Avelim—The Blessing of Mourners: Ritual Aspects of Social Change 177
  16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 193
  17. GENERAL INDEX 211
  18. AUTHORS INDEX 215
  19. SOURCES INDEX 219
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