Gateway to the Underworld
The expansive Teomim Cave, just 20 miles west of Jerusalem, has yielded a variety of objects that suggests it was the site of necromancy in the second through fourth centuries CE. In antiquity, caves were considered gateways to the underworld, and this sometimes led to the performance of necromantic...
| Format: | Electronic Article |
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| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2023
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| In: |
The Biblical archaeology review
Year: 2023, Volume: 49, Issue: 4, Pages: 12 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Biblical archaeology
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | The expansive Teomim Cave, just 20 miles west of Jerusalem, has yielded a variety of objects that suggests it was the site of necromancy in the second through fourth centuries CE. In antiquity, caves were considered gateways to the underworld, and this sometimes led to the performance of necromantic or divinatory rituals in which mediums […] |
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| ISSN: | 0098-9444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeology review
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