Filial Piety in Jewish Epitaphs

Early Polish Jewish historians described Jewish tombstone epitaphs as “exaggerated clichés that have nothing to do with the dead person”, “a Baroque ornament composed from a wreath of words and phrases”, “pompous”, or “overloaded thus hard to understand.” In defense of the sincerity of the epitaph’s...

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