TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lehnardt,Andreas
AU  - Reif,Stefan  C.
TI  - Death in Jewish Life: Burial and Mourning Customs Among Jews of Europe and Nearby Communities 
SN  - 9783110377484
PB  - De Gruyter
KW  - Religion / History
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Religion
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Access copy available to the general public
N2  - "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."
UR  - https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/77a94ae0-027d-4c37-a8c8-907ae4c9e9ed
ER  -