The Jewish Life Cycle: Rites of Passage from Biblical to Modern Times (The Samuel & Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies)

by IvanG.Marcus (Author)

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  Paperback
  2005

  $38.31

  Reviews Jewish culture and history. This book examines how and why various rites and customs celebrating stages in the life cycle have evolved through the ages and persisted to this day. For each phase of life - from childhood, adolescence, adulthood, to the advanced years, it traces the origin and development of specific rites.