Land of our fathers :
Stavrakopoulou, Francesca
Land of our fathers : the roles of ancestor veneration in biblical land claims / Francesca Stavrakopoulou - New York : T & T Clark, c2010 - xviii, 189 p. ; 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 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-172) and indexes
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 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 (hardcover : alk. paper) 056702881X (hardcover : alk. paper)
2010010320
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc
Land tenure--Biblical teaching
Ancestor worship--Biblical teaching
Land of our fathers : the roles of ancestor veneration in biblical land claims / Francesca Stavrakopoulou - New York : T & T Clark, c2010 - xviii, 189 p. ; 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 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-172) and indexes
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 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 (hardcover : alk. paper) 056702881X (hardcover : alk. paper)
2010010320
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc
Land tenure--Biblical teaching
Ancestor worship--Biblical teaching
