Charm of Graves
Perceptions of Death & After-Death Among the Negev Bedouin
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 awliyâh (deceased saints). This book brings together integrated findings of three scholars, based on decades of field work that combine close to 65 years of scrutiny. It maps out the locations and particularities of venerated tombs, the identit…
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Weitere Autoren: Bar-Zvi, Sasson / Abu-Rabia, Aref
- ISBN: 978-1-84519-708-7
- EAN: 9781845197087
- Produktnummer: 17681544
- Verlag: Sussex Academic Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H15.4 cm x B22.7 cm x D1.4 cm 384 g
- Abbildungen: photos
- Gewicht: 384
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