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

• Autore: Bloch-Smith Elizabeth <1952->
• Pubblicazione: Sheffield, England, : JSOT Press, c1992
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 393.10933
• Soggetto topico: Burial - Palestine; Dead - Religious aspects - Judaism; Tombs - Palestine
• Soggetto geografico: Palestine Antiquities
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Judahite burial practices and beliefs about the dead
• ISBN: 1-281-80360-X; 9786611803605; 0-567-50623-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453386003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Journal for the study of the Old Testament. . -Supplement series ; ; 123.; JSOT/ASOR monograph series ; ; no. 7.