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After One-Hundred-and-Twenty - Reflecting on Death, Mourning, and the Afterlife in the Jewish Tradition (Paperback)
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After One-Hundred-and-Twenty - Reflecting on Death, Mourning, and the Afterlife in the Jewish Tradition (Paperback)
Series: Library of Jewish Ideas
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List price R473
Loot Price R398
Discovery Miles 3 980
You Save R75 (16%)
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A deeply personal look at death, mourning, and the afterlife in
Jewish tradition After One-Hundred-and-Twenty provides a richly
nuanced and deeply personal look at Jewish attitudes and practices
regarding death, mourning, and the afterlife as they have existed
and evolved from biblical times to today. Taking its title from the
Hebrew and Yiddish blessing to live to a ripe old age-Moses is said
to have been 120 years old when he died-the book explores how the
Bible's original reticence about an afterlife gave way to views
about personal judgment and reward after death, the resurrection of
the body, and even reincarnation. It examines Talmudic perspectives
on grief, burial, and the afterlife, shows how Jewish approaches to
death changed in the Middle Ages with thinkers like Maimonides and
in the mystical writings of the Zohar, and delves into such things
as the origins of the custom of reciting Kaddish for the deceased
and beliefs about encountering the dead in visions and dreams.
After One-Hundred-and-Twenty is also Hillel Halkin's eloquent and
disarmingly candid reflection on his own mortality, the deaths of
those he has known and loved, and the comfort he has and has not
derived from Jewish tradition.
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