Life Cycles in Jewish and Christian Worship

Description

More than a series of rites of passage through the landmarks of growing up and growing old, Jewish and Christian life-cycle rituals give the members of each religious tradition theological and ritualized definitions of what a life should be. In this volume, the fourth in the acclaimed series Two Liturgical Traditions, eight scholars explore the models of human life implicit in Judaism and Christianity by unraveling and exploring the evolution and current condition of their life-cycle liturgies. By combining the historical-critical method of traditional scholarship with that of more recent theory drawn from the human sciences, Life Cycles in Jewish and Christian Worship provides a novel treatment of Jewish and Christian life cycles, past and present, and is a unique and invaluable guide to the history, practice, and theology of life-cycle liturgy.

Contributors: Paul F. Bradshaw, Lawrence A. Hoffman, Ruth A. Meyers, Debra R. Blank, Karen B. Westerfield Tucker, Marjorie Procter-Smith, and Yoel Kahn.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Comparative Religion
• Jewish Studies
• Philosophie et théologie
• Judaism
• Christianity
• History

Informations

• Publié par: University of Notre Dame Press
• Date de parution: 15 août 1996
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780268048815
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 19 Mo

Extrait

Copyright © 1996 by University of Notre Dame Press Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 All Rights Reserved www.undpress.nd.edu

Published in the United States of America

Paperback edition published in 2009

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Life Cycles in Jewish and Christian Worship / edited by Paul F. Bradshaw and Lawrence A. Hoffman. p. cm. — ( Two liturgical traditions ; v. 4) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-268-01307-1 (hard cover) ISBN 13: 978-0-268-02218-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 10: 0-268-02218-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Occasional services. 2. Rites and ceremonies. 3. Life cycle, Human—Religious aspects—Christianity. 4. Life cycle, Human—Religious aspects—Judaism. 5. Judaism—Customs and practices. 6. Judaism—Liturgy I. Bradshaw, Paul F., 1945– . II. Hoffman, Lawrence A., 1942– . III. Series. BV199.03L54 1995 265—dc20 95-18807 CIP

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