Title: The unremembered dead : the non-burial motif in the Hebrew Bible /
Authors: Mansen, F. Dorie,
Year: 2018
Subjects: Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Bible.; Death in the Bible.; Burial; Burial; Death in the Bible.
Abstract: "The Unremembered Dead examines the motif of non-burial in the Hebrew Bible in its ancient Near Eastern contexts. Mansen proposes a new typology for analyzing references to post-mortem abuse and demonstrates the motif's variability of form and range of functions in both biblical and extra-biblical texts. Investigating the social and literary contexts in which the non-burial motif appears, Mansen establishes how gruesome threats functioned as deadly literary weapons within the biblical authors' ideologically-shaped rhetorical arsenal"--