Matthew Suriano

History of Death in the Hebrew Bible

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Produktbeschreibung

- 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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 155mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780190844738
• ISBN-10: 0190844736
• Artikelnr.: 50848407

Autorenporträt

Matthew Suriano is an Assistant Professor in the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Maryland. His research focuses on the history and culture of ancient Israel through the integration of biblical literature, Northwest Semitic inscriptions, and the archaeology of the Levant. He received his PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Note on Sources
Chronology
Map
Prolegomenon: The Afterlife Embodied
Part I: The Archaeology of Death in Iron Age Judah
Chapter One: Death as Transition in Judahite Mortuary Practices
Chapter Two: The History of the Judahite Bench Tomb
Chapter Three: Writing and the Tomb
Part II: Death and the Afterlife in the Hebrew Bible
Chapter Four: Care for the Dead
Chapter Five: The Narrative of Bones
Chapter Six: The Tomb and the Identity of the Dead
Chapter Seven: Death, Dying, and the Liminality of Sheol
Epilogue: The Invisible Tomb