TY - BOOK AU - Reif, Stefan C. AU - Lehnardt, Andreas AU - Bar-Levav, Avriel AB - This volume examines in inter-disciplinary perspective the degree to which the medieval Ashkenazi were innovative in the area of communal activity surrounding burial and mourning customs. The topics cover liturgical poetry as well as statutory prayers confessions, final testimonies and acts of charity funeral and mourning rites the influences of the surrounding non-Jewish the effects of major acts of persecution. DO - 10.1515/9783110339185 ID - OAPEN ID: 29514 KW - Judaism Religion Liturgy Folklore L1 - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110339185 LA - English LK - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/44577 PB - De Gruyter PY - 2014 SN - 9783110339185 TI - Death in Jewish Life. Burial and Mourning Customs Among Jews of Europe and Nearby Communitiesnull ER -