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Religious activity of the mountain jews: state and trends

https://doi.org/10.24411/2078-1024-2019-13017

Abstract

The article discusses the cult behavior of the Mountain Jews, the frequency of their observance of religious precepts and rules of Judaism. The study of the cult behavior of the Mountain Jews using F.N. Ilyasov’s methodology of diagnosing religiosity, where “faith” and “attitude to religious (atheistic) activity” are used as indicators, allows us to classify them as active and passive. It has been found that the Mountain Jews show the behavior inherent to “convinced believers” in terms of participation in religious practice, although in terms of the totality of indicators there is also a behavior characteristic of the types of “hesitant”, “unbelievers” and “convinced unbelievers”. At the same time, the interviewed Mountain Jews demonstrate the cult behavior activity, expressed in visiting synagogues, reading religious texts, prayers and abstinence. Meanwhile, there is also a certain inconsistency between the religious behavior declared by the Mountain Jews and their real cult behavior. According to the results of the study, it has been established that the religious factor plays a key role in the daily life of the Mountain Jews and regardless of their worldview (a confident believer, a believer, a hesitating person, an unbeliever, a convinced unbeliever) they are focused on observing the precepts of their faith in the family, marital and funeral ritual sphere.

About the Authors

Madina Maghomedkamilovna Shakhbanova
Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography of Dagestan Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation


Elvira Makhachevna Zagirova
Social Pedagogical Institute
Russian Federation


Gulchokhra Nadirovna Seidova
Dagestan State University (a branch)
Russian Federation


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Shakhbanova M.M., Zagirova E.M., Seidova G.N. Religious activity of the mountain jews: state and trends. Vestnik Majkopskogo Gosudarstvennogo Tehnologiceskogo Universiteta. 2019;(3):179-189. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24411/2078-1024-2019-13017

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