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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782208003321

Autore

Bloch-Smith Elizabeth <1952->

Titolo

Judahite burial practices and beliefs about the dead [[electronic resource] /] / Elizabeth Bloch-Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England, : JSOT Press, c1992

ISBN

1-281-80360-X

9786611803605

0-567-50623-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 123

JSOT/ASOR monograph series ; ; no. 7

Disciplina

393.10933

Soggetti

Burial - Palestine

Dead - Religious aspects - Judaism

Tombs - Palestine

Palestine Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 IRON AGE BURIAL TYPES FROM THE SOUTHERN LEVANT AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION; Chapter 2 BURIAL CONTENTS; Chapter 3 BIBLICAL EVIDENCE BEARING ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE MATERIAL REMAINS OF THE CULT OF THE DEAD; Chapter 4 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX: CATALOGUE OF IRON AGE BURIALS; Illustrations and Maps; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Site Names; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

The family tomb as a physical claim to the patrimony, the attributed powers of the dead and the prospect of post-mortem veneration made the cult of the dead an integral aspect of the Judahite and Israelite society. Over 850 burials from throughout the southern Levant are examined to illustrate the Judahite form of burial and its development. Vessels for foods and liquids were of paramount importance in the afterlife, followed by jewellery with its protective powers. The cult of the dead began to be an unacceptable feature of the Jerusalem



Yahwistic cult in the late eighth to seventh century BC