Life and death: social perspectives on biblical bodies

Editor's Note Abbreviations Notes on Contributors 1. The Materiality of Life and the Sociality of Death - Francesca Stavrakopoulou, University of Exeter, UK Part One: Praxis and Materiality 2. Blood and Hair: Body Management and Practice - Susan Niditch, Amherst College, USA 2. Wherever the Cor...

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Contributors: Stavrakopoulou, Francesca 1975- (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: London International Clark 2020
In:Year: 2020
Reviews:[Rezension von: Life and death : social perspectives on biblical bodies] (2023) (Spronk, Klaas, 1957 -)
Edition:First edition
Series/Journal:The Hebrew Bible in social perspective 2
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Old Testament / Life / Death
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Life Biblical teaching
B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Biblical exegesis & hermeneutics
B Electronic books
B Death Biblical teaching
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Summary:Editor's Note Abbreviations Notes on Contributors 1. The Materiality of Life and the Sociality of Death - Francesca Stavrakopoulou, University of Exeter, UK Part One: Praxis and Materiality 2. Blood and Hair: Body Management and Practice - Susan Niditch, Amherst College, USA 2. Wherever the Corpse is, There the Vultures will Gather - Matthew Suriano, University of Maryland, USA 4. 'Know Well the Faces of Your Sheep': Animal Bodies and Human Bodies - Rebekah Welton, University Exeter, UK Part Two: Power and Status 5. -- Birthing New Life: Israelite and Mesopotamian Values and Visions of the Pre-Born Child - Shawn W. Flynn, University of Alberta, Canada 6. Persons with Disabilities, Unprotected Parties, and Israelite Household Structures - Jeremy Schipper, Temple University, USA 7. Modifying Manly Bodies: Mourning and Masculinities in Ezra 9-10 - Elisabeth Cook, Latin American Biblical University, Costa Rica 8. -- The Wisdom of Aging - Hugh Pyper, University of Sheffield, UK Part Three: Extended Sociality 9. -- Immortality and the Rise of Resurrection - Nicolas Wyatt, University of Edinburgh, UK 10. Forming Divine Bodies in the Hebrew Bible - Daniel O. McClellan, University of Exeter, UK Bibliography Index
"This book explores some of the social, material, and ideological dynamics shaping life and death in both the Hebrew Bible and ancient Israel and Judah"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN:056769934X
Access:Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to individual document purchasers
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5040/9780567699343