Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-161) and indexes.
Intro; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Mourning in Social Science Discussion; Mourning and Rejoicing as Ritual Oppositions; Identifying Types of Mourning; 1. Mourning the Dead; The Mourner's Distinct Ritual Behaviour; The Mourner's Separation from Society and the Cult; The Mourner's Relationship to the Dead; Mourners and their Comforters; Mourning Professionals; Social Dimensions of Mourning the Dead; 2. Petitionary Mourning; Varieties of Petitionary Mourning and their Purpose; Locus, Time Period, and Reversibility of the Petitionary Ritual Stance
Social Dimensions of MourningBibliography; Index of Biblical References; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; Z
The Role of Self-Debasement in Petitionary MourningPetitionary Mourning and the Cult; The Petitioner and Death; Comforting and Petition; Social Dimensions of Petitionary Mourning; 3. Mourning in Other Contexts; Non-Petitionary Mourning at the Time of a Calamity; The Mourning of the Individual Afflicted with Skin Disease; Social Dimensions: Non-Petitionary Mourning associated with a Calamity and the Mourning of the Person Afflicted with Skin Disease; 4. The Constraints on Mourning Rites; 5. The Sanctioned Mixing of Mourning and Rejoicing; Conclusion; Ritual Dimensions of Mourning
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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.