Land of our fathers : the roles of ancestor veneration in biblical land claims / [print]
Francesca Stavrakopoulou.
- New York : T and T Clark, (c)2010.
- xviii, 189 pages ; 25 cm.
- Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 473 T & T Clark library of biblical studies .
- Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 473. T & T Clark library of biblical studies. .
Bones, burials and boundaries -- Abraham at Machpelah -- Moses at the edge -- Contesting Bethel -- Claiming Jerusalem -- The creation of a nation.
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.
9780567028815
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Bible.--Old Testament
Land tenure--Biblical teaching. Ancestor worship--Biblical teaching.