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Jewish culture places a great deal of emphasis on texts and their means of transmission. At various points in Jewish history, the primary mode of transmission has changed in response to political, geographical, technological, and cultural shifts. Contemporary textual transmission in Jewish culture has been influenced by secularization, the return to Hebrew and the emergence of modern Yiddish, and the new centers of Jewish life in the United States and in Israel, as well as by advancements in print technology and the invention of the Internet. Volume XXXI of Studies in Contemporary Jewry deals with various aspects of textual transmission in Jewish culture in the last two centuries. 0Essays in this volume examine old and new kinds of media and their meanings; new modes of transmission in fields such as Jewish music; and the struggle to continue transmitting texts under difficult political circumstances. Two essays analyze textual transmission in the works of giants of modern Jewish literature: S.Y. Agnon, in Hebrew, and Isaac Bashevis Singer, in Yiddish. Other essays discuss paratexts in the East, print cultures in the West, and the organization of knowledge in libraries and encyclopedias.
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Jewish customs and traditions about death, burial and mourning are numerous, diverse and intriguing. They are considered by many to have a respectable pedigree that goes back to the earliest rabbinic period. In order to examine the accurate historical origins of many of them, an international conference was held at Tel Aviv University in 2010 and experts dealt with many aspects of the topic. This volume includes most of the papers given then, as well as a few added later. What emerges are a wealth of fresh material and perspectives, as well as the realization that the high Middle Ages saw a set of exceptional innovations, some of which later became central to traditional Judaism while others were gradually abandoned. Were these innovations influenced by Christian practice? Which prayers and poems reflect these innovations? What do the sources tell us about changing attitudes to death and life-after death? Are tombstones an important guide to historical developments? Answers to these questions are to be found in this unusual, illuminating and readable collection of essays that have been well documented, carefully edited and well indexed.
Jewish mourning customs --- Death --- Jews --- Judaism --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Semites --- Mourning customs, Jewish --- Mourning (Jewish law) --- Mourning customs --- Religious aspects --- Judaism. --- History --- Folklore. --- Liturgy. --- Religion. --- Jewish mourning customs - Europe --- Death - Religious aspects - Judaism --- Jews - Europe, Western - History - 70-1789 --- Judaism - History - Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789
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Das vorliegende Handbuch der Religionsgeschichte ist ein Novum für den deutschsprachigen Raum: Hier wird nicht Kirchengeschichte nachgezeichnet, sondern die wesentlichen Züge der jeweiligen zeittypischen Spiritualität, Frömmigkeit und Volksreligion innerhalb und außerhalb des amtskirchlich vorgegebenen Rahmens. Die Darstellung kombiniert den historischen und den religionsphänomenologischen Zugang. Das religiöse Leben zwischen Dreißigjährigem Krieg und Aufklärung ist maßgeblich von der Konkurrenz der verschiedenen Konfessionen und der engen Verzahnung von kirchlichen und politischen Interessen geprägt. Die großen christlichen Konfessionen warben nicht nur mit theologischen Argumenten, sondern mehr noch durch populäre Medien (Predigten, Bücher, Musik, Kunst, Theater) und spirituelle Gemeinschaftserfahrungen (Wallfahrtsbrauchtum, Bruderschaften, Gottesdienste, Feste) um die Gläubigen. In der persönlichen Frömmigkeit verbanden sich damit traditionelle magische Vorstellungen und Praktiken ebenso wie mystisch-spiritualistische Erfahrungen. Im Judentum wurden vor allem die Einflüsse aus dem osteuropäischen Kulturraum wirksam. Vor diesem Hintergrund beleuchten die vier ausführlichen, von ausgewiesenen Spezialistinnen und Kennern verfassten Beiträge ein breites Spektrum religions- und kulturgeschichtlicher Fragen und Aspekte im Zeitalter des Konfessionalismus. Sie geben Einblick in die vielfältigen, sich neu entwickelnden Ausdrucksformen frühneuzeitlicher Religiosität zwischen Volksglauben, konfessionspolitischer Indoktrination und individueller Frömmigkeit.
Religious history. --- Europe, German-speaking --- Religious life and customs.
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