Israel's Beneficent Dead: Ancestor Cult and Necromancy in Ancient Israelite Religion and Tradition

by Brian B. Schmidt

Book Overview

Did the ancient Israelites perform rituals expressive of the belief in the supernaturalbeneficent power of the dead? Contrary to long held notions of primitive society and the euhemeristic origin of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3161462211
• ISBN13: 9783161462214
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"