Roll back the stone
Subtitle: death and burial in the world of Jesus
By: Byron R. McCane
Publisher: Trinity Press International
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Harrisburg, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
Subjects: Burial; History; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Social life and customs
Description: Examines early Christian stories about Jesus' burial, showing how they are founded in the social context of Palestinian Judaism. Finally, he explores how, in the 2nd century, Jews and Christians begin to part ways in their funerary practices. These changes were driven not only by theological disputes about death and the afterlife, but also by the steady pressure of larger social and cultural forces.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149) and index.
Table of contents: title: Death as a fact of life - Jewish death ritual in early Roman Palestine; title: Q and death in early Roman Galilee; title: "Where no one had yet been laid" : the shame of Jesus' burial; title: Is a corpse contagious? : relocating the dead in early Byzantine Palestine; title: Rest in peace or roast in hell : funerary versus Apocalyptic portraits of paradise.