| Biblical Mourning: Ritual and Social Dimensions Contributor(s): Olyan, Saul M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199264864 ISBN-13: 9780199264865 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $194.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2004 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Death & Dying - Religion | Christian Living - Death, Grief, Bereavement - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 296.445 |
| LCCN: 2004299644 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.85 lbs) 184 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |