Home›Funerary Rituals›Origin Period Start Year›2nd centuryBrowse By2nd centuryThis page groups rituals by the year their recorded history begins. Wikipedia notes that "the word 'ritual' is first recorded in English in 1570, and came into use in the 1600s to mean 'the prescribed order of performing religious services'." Browsing by start year lets a visitor see how far back a given ritual's documented history actually reaches.FactsLearn More2nd centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites performed at and after a death - preparation of the body, disposal by burial or cremation, and the observances kept for a fixed period afterwards. Nearly every tradition marks death by rite, but the rites answer different problems: the fate of the dead, the pollution of the living, the obligations of descendants, and the ordering of grief. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1Learn MoreThe funerary rituals This group gathers funerary rituals, the rites surrounding death, the care of the body, and the passage of the dead: burial and cremation, mourning, and the ceremonies that ease or guide the deceased into the afterlife. A tradition's treatment of death reveals much of its view of the soul and the world beyond. The browser will find funerary rituals from across the traditions. The entries describe each rite's form and meaning, noting the beliefs about death and the afterlife that shape it.2nd centuryFilter Results3 entriesFrequencyAllOnce, or at a turning point in a life (3)Life Stage MarkedAllDeath and the disposal of the body (2)Mourning after the funeral (1)ObligationAllObligatory (3)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (3)Social FormAllPerformed alone (2)Performed by a gathered group (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (1)Householders, those living in the world (1)Trained or authorised specialists (1)Native To RegionAllAncient Israel (3)TraditionAllBreslov Hasidism (3)Chabad-Lubavitch (3)Haredi Judaism (3)Hasidic Judaism (3)Modern Orthodox Judaism (3)Orthodox Judaism (3)Originated InAllAncient Israel (3)Originates In LanguageAllHebrew (1)Kind of ritualAllJewish Mourning Rites (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 3Shemira2nd centuryShloshim2nd centuryTahara2nd centurySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. Funeral RitesView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.