Sandak and Godparent in Midrash and Medieval Practice.
The article focuses on the use of the term sandak and godparent in various aggadic contexts to explore the legacy of language and custom which passed to medieval Ashkenaz and from an earlier tradition of the Byzantine East. Sandak emerges in Jewish literature of medieval Europe in abundance of forms...
| Publicado en: | Jewish Quarterly Review Vol. 97; no. 1; pp. 1 - 33 |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
Winter2007
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| Sumario: | The article focuses on the use of the term sandak and godparent in various aggadic contexts to explore the legacy of language and custom which passed to medieval Ashkenaz and from an earlier tradition of the Byzantine East. Sandak emerges in Jewish literature of medieval Europe in abundance of forms. Godparenthood in medieval Greek and Latin Christianity implies a spiritual kinship forged between the godparents and the infant's biological parents. |
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