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 hasidim, 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 both elite and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1906764972
• ISBN13: 9781906764975
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"