Final judgement and the dead in medieval jewish thought
Auteur :
Weissman, Susan
Éditeur :
Liverpool University Press
ISBN :
9781802071993
Date de publication :
16 mai 2025
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.