Rachel S Hallote

Gebundenes Buch

Death, Burial, and Afterlife in the Biblical World

How the Israelites and Their Neighbors Treated the Dead

Beschreibung

How the Israelites and their neighbors treated the dead, and why their practices challenged the young religion. "A sparkling synthesis of the behaviors, attitudes, and theologies relating to death from the earliest settlement of the land of Israel to this day....A wonderful read."-Baruch Halpern.

Autor

Rachel Hallote, who directs and teaches at the Jewish Studies Program at Purchase College (SUNY), has studied and written on the archaeology of death for more than ten years. She holds a doctorate in Near Eastern archaeology from the University of Chicago and is now a working archaeologist who spends her summers excavating in Israel.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9781566634014
• ISBN-10: 1566634016
• Artikelnr.: 21372456