Israel's Beneficent Dead: Ancestor Cult and Necromancy in Ancient Israelite Religion and Tradition
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Did the ancient Israelites perform rituals expressive of the belief in the supernaturalbeneficent power of the dead? Contrary to long held notions of primitive society and the euhemeristic origin of the divine, various factors indicate that the ancestor cult, that is, ancestor veneration or worship, was not observed in the Iron Age Levant. The Israelites did not adopt an ancient Canaanite ancestor cult that became the object of biblical scorn...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1575060086
ISBN13:9781575060088
Release Date:June 1996
Publisher:Eisenbrauns
Length:416 Pages
Weight:1.80 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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