Rites of passage: how today's jews celebrate, commemorate, and commiserate
Éditeur :
Purdue University Press
ISBN :
9781557535771
Date de publication :
15 oct. 2010
Dimensions :
22,6 x 15,2 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
365 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Scholars tend to call them 'rites of passage'. Most people prefer to speak of them as life cycle events or milestones. This volume offers fresh insights into rituals as old as the Hebrew Bible in contexts as familiar as the American Midwest and as exotic as Karaism.