Land of our fathers : the roles of ancestor veneration in biblical land claims / Francesca Stavrakopoulou. [print]

By:

Stavrakopoulou, Francesca [Author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 473. | T & T Clark library of biblical studiesPublication details: New York : T and T Clark, (c)2010.Description: xviii, 189 pages ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780567028815

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LOC classification:

BS1199.S798.L363 2010
BS1199

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Contents:

Bones, burials and boundaries -- Abraham at Machpelah -- Moses at the edge -- Contesting Bethel -- Claiming Jerusalem -- The creation of a nation.

Summary: This book argues that ancestor veneration plays important, and hitherto overlooked, socio-religious and ideological roles in various and competing territorial claims as presented in the Hebrew Bible.

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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	BS1199.L28S73 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001816707

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This book argues that ancestor veneration plays important, and hitherto overlooked, socio-religious and ideological roles in various and competing territorial claims as presented in the Hebrew Bible.

Bones, burials and boundaries -- Abraham at Machpelah -- Moses at the edge -- Contesting Bethel -- Claiming Jerusalem -- The creation of a nation.

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