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Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2008

1 online resource (ix, 225 p.)

ISBN 9781618110398 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 1934843075 (hardcover)

ISBN 9781934843079 (hardcover)

Judaism and Jewish life

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-[209]) and indexes

The sociology and anthropology of Talmudic texts -- The clothing of the primordial Adam as a symbol of apocalyptic time in the Midrashic sources -- Brit milah: a study of change in custom -- Coping with the value of the Pidyon haben payment in rabbinic literature: an example of a social change process -- Birth and marriage rituals: women’s status in a critical reading of the texts -- The sages’ conception of the body and soul -- From corpse to corpus: the body as a text in Talmudic literature -- Birkat avelim--the blessing of mourners: ritual aspects of social change.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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