Israel's Beneficent Dead : ancestor cult and necromancy in ancient Israelite religion and tradition /

Schmidt, Brian B.

Israel's Beneficent Dead : ancestor cult and necromancy in ancient Israelite religion and tradition / Brian B. Schmdit. - Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, c1994. - xv, 400 p. ; 23 cm.

Previously published : Tubingen : J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1994 and a revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D. -Oxford, 1992)

Includes bibliographical reference and index.

1575060086 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Ancestor worship--Biblical teaching
Ancestor worship--Middle East.
Religious aspects--Biblical teaching.
Dead--Middle East.
Dead--Religious aspects
Bible--Criticism, interpretation.--OT.
Religion--Israel.
Religion--Middle East.

291.213 / SCH