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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.
Mourning the Dead -- 2. Petitionary Mourning -- 3. Mourning in Other Contexts -- 4. The Constraints on Mourning Rites -- 5. The Sanctioned Mixing of Mourning and Rejoicing.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004