Title: Roll back the stone
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.
Subjects: Burial, Social life and customs, Funeral rites and ceremonies, History, Gospels, Death, Mœurs et coutumes, Disposal of the dead, Mort et sépulture, Bestattungsritus, Rites et cérémonies, Manners and customs, 11.47 cultural-historical background of the New Testament, Funérailles, Christentum, Burial of Jesus Christ, Histoire, Juden, Death and burial, Palestine, social life and customs, Palestine, history
Places: Palestine
People: Jesus Christ
Time periods: 70-638