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Selected Works of Samuel D. Gruber, Ph.D.
Contribution to Book
Jewish Memorial Practice
The Archaeology of Medieval Europe (2011)
  • Samuel D. Gruber, Dr., Syracuse University
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Abstract
Discusses the nature of medieval Jewish cemeteries, and review several notable excavations of Jewish cemeteries, with attention to the results attained and the controversy over the excavation of Jewish graves, with Orthodox Jews view as inviolate.
Keywords
  • archaeology,
  • judaism,
  • cemetery,
  • burial practices
Publication Date
2011
Editor
Martin Carver
Publisher
Aarhus University Press
Citation Information
Samuel D. Gruber. "Jewish Memorial Practice" The Archaeology of Medieval Europe Vol. 2, Twelfth to Sixteenth Centuries AD (2011)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/samuel_gruber/20/