Life Cycles in Jewish and Christian Worship

by Lawrence A. Hoffman

Book Overview

More than a series of rites of passage through the landmarks of growing up and growing old, Jewish and Christian life-cycle rituals give the members of each religious tradition theological and ritualized definitions of what a life should be. In this volume, the fourth in the acclaimed series Two Liturgical Traditions, eight scholars explore the models of human life implicit in Judaism and Christianity by unraveling and exploring the evolution and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268022186
• ISBN13: 9780268022181
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.4"