Israel's beneficent dead
Subtitle: ancestor cult and necromancy in ancient Israelite religion and tradition
By: by Brian B. Schmidt.
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Winona Lake, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
Subjects: Bible. O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Ancestor worship -- Biblical teaching.; Ancestor worship -- Middle East.; Dead -- Biblical teaching.; Dead -- Middle East.; Dead -- Religious aspects.; Israel -- Religion.; Middle East -- Religion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [294]-360) and indexes.
Previously published: Tübingen : J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), c1994.
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.--Oxford, 1992).