Final Judgement and the Dead in Medieval Jewish Thought - Couverture souple

Weissman, Susan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1802071997 ISBN 13 : 9781802071993

Editeur : The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2025

Synopsis

Through a detailed analysis of ghost tales in the Ashkenazi pietistic work Sefer ḥasidim, Susan Weissman documents a major transformation in Jewish attitudes and practices regarding the dead and the afterlife that took place between the rabbinic period and medieval times. She reveals that a huge influx of Germano-Christian beliefs, customs, and fears relating to the dead and the afterlife seeped into medieval Ashkenazi society among both elite and popular groups. In matters of sin, penance, and posthumous punishment, the infiltration of Christian notions was so strong as to effect a radical departure in Pietist thinking from rabbinic thought and to spur outright contradiction of talmudic principles regarding the realm of the hereafter. Although it is primarily a study of the culture of a medieval Jewish enclave, this book demonstrates how seminal beliefs of medieval Christendom and monastic ideals could take root in a society with contrary religious values—even in the realm of doctrinal belief.

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À propos de l'auteur

Susan Weissman is Chair of Judaic Studies and Associate Professor at Lander College for Women, Touro College and University System.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1802071997
• ISBN 13: 9781802071993
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 456
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• Personne responsable: non disponible