Frontmatter

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