Charm of Graves: Perceptions of Death and After-Death Among the Negev Bedouin

by Gideon M. Kressel

Book Overview

The authors provide a comprehensive picture of burial, mourning rituals, commemoration practices and veneration of the dead among the Negev Bedouin. A primary emphasis is the pivotal linkages between the living and the dead embodied in the intermediary role of healers, sorcerers, seers and other arbitrators between heaven and earth, who supplicate -- publicly and privately -- at the gravesite of chosen awliyah (deceased saints). This book brings together...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845195841
• ISBN13: 9781845195847
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 8.7"