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A field guide to visiting a Jewish cemetery /

MARC Record from Library of Congress

Record ID marc_loc_updates/v38.i01.records.utf8:3853653:1415
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01415cam a22002654a 4500
001   2008460002
003 DLC
005 20100104092725.0
008 081031s2005    nhua     b    001 0 eng  
010    $a 2008460002
040    $aDLC$cDLC
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041 0  $aeng$aheb
043    $an-us---
050 00 $aPN6297.H4$bS44 2005
100 1  $aSegal, Joshua L.
245 12 $aA field guide to visiting a Jewish cemetery :$ba spiritual journey to the past, present and future /$cby Joshua L. Segal.
260    $aNashua, NH :$bJewish Cemetery Publishing,$cc2005$g(2007 printing).
300    $ax, 236 p. :$bill. ;$c21 cm.
546    $aIn English and Hebrew.
504    $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0  $a1. The Jewish cemetery -- 2. Monument inscriptions -- 3. Monuments 101 -- 4. Tombstone art -- 5. The introductory line -- 6. Name line -- 7. The date line -- 8. Epitaphs, Standard -- 9. Acrostics, poetry and other longer epitaphs -- 10. Epitaphs of general interest -- 11. Monument fabrication and errors -- 12. Sample monument inscriptions -- Appendix A. Holiday differences for Jews living in Israel and Reform Jews -- Appendix B. Translations of epitaphs in Hamadrikh -- Appendix C. Annotated bibliography -- Appendix D. Abbreviations and prefixes -- Index.
650  0 $aJewish epitaphs$vHandbooks, manuals, etc.
650  0 $aJewish cemeteries.