Pub Date: March 25, 2004
Dewey: 296.445
LCCN: 2004299644
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Bibliography, Index
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.56" H x 8.50" L x 5.50" W ( 0.85 lbs) 184 pages
BISAC Categories:
Social Science | Death and Dying | Religion | Christian Living | Death Grief Bereavement | Anthropology | Cultural and Social | Customs and Traditions | Baha i | Biblical Criticism and Interpretation | Old Testament
Description: A comprehensive analysis of the ritual dimensions of biblical mourning rites, this book also seeks to illuminate mourning's social dimensions through engagement with anthropological discussion of mourning, from Hertz and van Gennep to contemporaries such as Metcalf and Huntington and Bloch and Parry.
Review Quotes: "A full and helpful study." --Journal of Theological Studies