Final Judgement and the Dead in Medieval Jewish Thought

by Susan Weissman

Through a detailed analysis of ghost tales in the Ashkenazi pietistic work Sefer ḥasidim, Susan Weissman documents a major transformation in Jewish attitudes and practices regarding the dead and the afterlife that took place between the rabbinic period and medieval times. She reveals that a huge influx of Germano-Christian beliefs, customs, and fears relating to the dead and the afterlife seeped into medieval Ashkenazi society among...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1802071997
• ISBN13: 9781802071993
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
• Length: 456 Pages