Roll Back the Stone

Death and Burial in the World of Jesus

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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Beskrivning

Directly relating to our understanding of the biblical and early Christian stories of Jesus' burial, this text includes a provocative interpretation of burial practices of the period 63 BCE to 135 CE, with particular emphasis on the time of Jesus. A strong connection to the recent discovery of the ossuary (bone box) purported to be that of James, brother of Jesus features. The book reveals what took place when the early Jews and Christians in Palestine gathered to bury their dead. It addresses questions such as whether Jesus' burial was a shameful event, and how different the death rituals of the Jews were from the earliest Christian communities.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-05-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 10 mm
Vikt:300 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:176
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781563384028

Utforska kategorier

Arkeologiska perioder och områden inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Byron R. McCane is Professor of Religion and department chair at Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina. He is Academic Director of the Sepphoris Excavations in Northern Israel.

Recensioner i media

"Byron McCane's study of death and burial in ancient Palestine in the Roman and Byzantine periods successfully bridges the gap between material culture and early Jewish and Christian literature. By drawing upon the ancillary fields of anthropology and sociology, McCane demonstrates how death rituals defined the social boundaries of each of those communities; and from their common burial practices in the Roman period he infers that it was only in the Byzantine period that important differences began to surface between early Judaism and Christianity. This Superbly written work offers a surprisingly intimate engagement with a variety of ancient sources that is sure to turn heads in a new and exciting direction." Eric M. Meyers Bernice and Morton Lerner Professor of Judaic Studies and Archaeology Duke University

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction - death as a fact of life; Jewish death ritual in early Roman Palestine; Q and death in early Roman Galilee; "Where No One Had Yet Been Laid" - the shame of Jesus' burial; is a corpse contagious?; relocating the dead in early Byzantine Palestine; rest in peace or roast in Hell - funerary versus apocalyptic portraits of paradise.