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The Unremembered Dead : The Non-Burial Motif in the Hebrew Bible / F. Dorie Mansen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781463206963
  • 9781463239992
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 2: DEATH, BURIAL, AND NON-BURIAL IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST -- CHAPTER 3: DEATH AND BURIAL IN ANCIENT ISRAEL -- CHAPTER 4: THE NON-BURIAL MOTIF IN THE HEBREW BIBLE -- CHAPTER 5: APPLICATIONS OF THE NON-BURIAL MOTIF IN THE HEBREW BIBLE -- CHAPTER 6: IMPLICATIONS OF THE NON-BURIAL MOTIF -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Summary: The Unremembered Dead examines the motif of non-burial in the Hebrew Bible in its ancient Near Eastern contexts. Mansen proposes a new typology for analyzing these references, and demonstrates the range of functions that the non-burial motif served as a literary weapon in both biblical and extra-biblical texts.

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 2: DEATH, BURIAL, AND NON-BURIAL IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST -- CHAPTER 3: DEATH AND BURIAL IN ANCIENT ISRAEL -- CHAPTER 4: THE NON-BURIAL MOTIF IN THE HEBREW BIBLE -- CHAPTER 5: APPLICATIONS OF THE NON-BURIAL MOTIF IN THE HEBREW BIBLE -- CHAPTER 6: IMPLICATIONS OF THE NON-BURIAL MOTIF -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

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The Unremembered Dead examines the motif of non-burial in the Hebrew Bible in its ancient Near Eastern contexts. Mansen proposes a new typology for analyzing these references, and demonstrates the range of functions that the non-burial motif served as a literary weapon in both biblical and extra-biblical texts.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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