ISBN:
9781463206406
Language:
English
Pages:
xvii, 383 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Pläne, Karten
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Gorgias studies in the Ancient Near East 10
Series Statement:
Gorgias studies in the Ancient Near East
Dissertation note:
Dissertation University of Georgia 2015
DDC:
393/.1
Keywords:
Burial History To 1500
;
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient
;
Iron age History
;
Excavations (Archaeology)
;
Burial
;
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient
;
Iron age
;
Middle East Antiquities
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Naher Osten
;
Eisenzeit
;
Bestattungsritus
Abstract:
Death and Burial uses archaeological and textual evidence to examine death and burial in Iron Age Israel and Aram. Despite dramatic differences in the religious systems of these peoples, this monograph demonstrates striking connections between their basic material and psychological frameworks for dealing with death
Abstract:
Introduction -- Archaeological evidence of mortuary remains in Israel and Judah -- Israelite tomb and funerary inscriptions -- The Biblical texts concerning death in Israel and Judah -- Archaeological evidence for mortuary remains in Aram -- Syro-Hititte Aramaic funerary inscriptions -- Archaeological evidence of mortuary remains in Phoenicia -- Phoenician funerary inscriptions -- Concluding comments : mortuary archaeology in Israel, Aram, and Phoenicia
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