Rubin, Nissan. <br/><br/>
Time and life cycle in Talmud and Midrash  socio-anthropological perspectives /  [electronic resource] : 
Nissan Rubin. 
 - Boston :  Academic Studies Press,  2008. 
 - ix, 225 p. 
 - Judaism and Jewish life .
 - Judaism and Jewish life. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-[209]) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>The sociology and anthropology of Talmudic texts -- The clothing of the primordial Adam as a symbol of apocalyptic time in the Midrashic sources -- Brit milah: a study of change in custom -- Coping with the value of the Pidyon haʼben payment in rabbinic literature: an example of a social change process -- Birth and marriage rituals: women's status in a critical reading of the texts -- The sages' conception of the body and soul -- From corpse to corpus: the body as a text in Talmudic literature -- Birkat avelim--the blessing of mourners: ritual aspects of social change. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Talmud.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Judaism--Customs and practices.<br/>Life cycle, Human--Religious aspects--Judaism.<br/>Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.<br/>Midrash.<br/>Sociology.<br/>Anthropology.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BM700  / .R83 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>296.1/206