Jewish Funerary Customs, Practices And Rites In The Second Temple Period

כריכה קדמית
BRILL, 2005 - 588 עמודים
Research of burials constitutes one of the main reliable sources of information related to various aspects of funerary practices and rituals, and offers a perception of ancient social life and community organization. The material remains of mortuary rituals is effective in reconstructing the history of a society, its religious beliefs and its social outlook. Tombs offer ample data on the artistic taste evinced by funerary architecture and the ornamentation of receptacles and objects. Changes in Jewish funerary practices did not alter the plan and architecture of the tombs. Though the funerary rites changed from inhumation in coffins and loculi to secondary burial by collecting bones in ossuaries the artifacts associated with these graves did not modify much and indicate that these were culturally and socially identical people. The study outlines the material preserved in the ancient Jewish cemeteries of the Second Temple period (first century BCE to first century CE) at Jerusalem, Jericho, 'En Gedi, Qumran and some other tomb sites.
 

תוכן

Cemeteries
1
Architecture of Rockcut Tombs
29
Interment Receptacles
75
Funerary Art
127
Inscriptions
163
Family Tombs
235
Women
311
The NEFESH
339
Funerary Customs and Rites
447
Chronology and Conclusions
517
Anthropological Notes and Tables
529
Abbreviations
543
Bibliography
545
Index of Subjects
573
Index of Sources
585
Plates following page
589

Workshops and Craftsmen
355
Grave Goods
375

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מידע על המחבר (2005)

Rachel Hachlili is Professor at the Department of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Israel.

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