A History of Death in the Hebrew Bible

Awards:   Winner of Winner, ASOR Frank Moore Cross Award.
Author:   Matthew Suriano (Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Maryland, College Park)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780190844738


Pages:   314
Publication Date:   10 May 2018
Format:   Hardback
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A History of Death in the Hebrew Bible


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  • Winner of Winner, ASOR Frank Moore Cross Award.

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Author:   Matthew Suriano (Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Maryland, College Park)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.90cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780190844738


ISBN 10:   0190844736
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   10 May 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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

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Suriano is to be commended for this effort to bring social and archaeological questions to bear on the meaning of the Hebrew text. He has made an impressive contribution to the study of death in ancient Israel. * Matthew McAffee, Welch College, Bulletin for Biblical Research * Anyone acquainted with the problem of death in the HB will know how formidable and tortuous a task it is to write about it. In this recent contribution to the subject, S. provides a fresh and detailed look at Judahite mortuary practices with special emphasis on the Iron Age bench tomb...S. has proffered some interesting ideas in a valuable contribution to the growing body of literature on this topic, and one that will likely generate further research. * Seth Cole, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament *


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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.

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