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Death and Burial in Iron Age Israel, Aram, and Phoenicia

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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.

Title Death and Burial in Iron Age Israel, Aram, and Phoenicia / Rachel Nabulsi.
Publisher Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press
Creation Date [2017]
Notes Issued also in print.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In English.
Content Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- LIST OF FIGURES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 2: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF MORTUARY REMAINS IN ISRAEL AND JUDAH -- CHAPTER 3: ISRAELITE TOMB AND FUNERARY INSCRIPTIONS -- CHAPTER 4: THE BIBLICAL TEXTS CONCERNING DEATH IN ISRAEL AND JUDAH -- CHAPTER 5: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR MORTUARY REMAINS IN ARAM -- CHAPTER 6: SYRO-HITITTE ARAMAIC FUNERARY INSCRIPTIONS -- CHAPTER 7: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF MORTUARY REMAINS IN PHOENICIA -- CHAPTER 8: PHOENICIAN FUNERARY INSCRIPTIONS -- CHAPTER 9: CONCLUDING COMMENTS. MORTUARY ARCHAEOLOGY IN ISRAEL, ARAM, AND PHOENICIA -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Series Gorgias Studies in the Ancient Near East
Extent 1 online resource (399 pages).
Language English
Copyright Date ©2017
National Library system number 997012132376305171
MARC RECORDS
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