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A history of death in the Hebrew Bible
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The meaning of the afterlife in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament is studied through the ideals of a good death, beginning with burial customs. This book uses burial remains from Iron Age Judah to she...
The meaning of the afterlife in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament is studied through the ideals of a good death, beginning with burial customs. This book uses burial remains from Iron Age Judah to shed important light on the images of death found in biblical literature.
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- Creator
- Matthew J. Suriano
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Oxford University Press USA, [2018]
- ©2018
- Physical Details
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- xii, 296 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780190844738, 0190844736, 9780190844745, 0190844744, 9780190844752, 0190844752, 9780190844745
- OCLC
- on1001287730
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-287) and index.
- Prolegomenon: The afterlife embodied -- Part I. The archaeology of death in Iron Age Judah. Death as transition in Judahite mortuary practices -- The history of the Judahite bench tomb -- Writing and the tomb -- Part II. Death and the afterlife in the Hebrew Bible. Care for the dead -- The narrative of bones -- The tomb and the identity of the dead -- Death, dying, and the liminality of Sheol -- Epilogue: The invisible tomb