Description: Further DetailsTitle: After One-Hundred-and-TwentyCondition: NewEAN: 9780691149745ISBN: 9780691149745Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 05/03/2016Item Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmItem Weight: 340gAuthor: Hillel HalkinLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Reflecting on Death, Mourning, and the Afterlife in the Jewish TraditionISBN-10: 0691149747Description: 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.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityBook Series: Library of Jewish IdeasRelease Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: After One-Hundred-and-Twenty
Title: After One-Hundred-and-Twenty
EAN: 9780691149745
ISBN: 9780691149745
Release Date: 05/03/2016
Release Year: 2016
Subtitle: Reflecting on Death, Mourning, and the Afterlife in the Jewish Tr
ISBN-10: 0691149747
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: Library of Jewish Ideas
Book Title: After One-Hundred-And-Twenty : Reflecting on Death, Mourning, and the Afterlife in the Jewish Tradition
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Item Height: 0.8 in
Topic: Death & Dying, Death, Grief, Bereavement, Judaism / General, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, Jewish Studies
Publication Year: 2016
Genre: Family & Relationships, Religion, Social Science
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Item Length: 8.6 in
Author: Hillel Halkin
Book Series: Library of Jewish Ideas Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
