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008 100311s2010 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 _a2010010320
020 _a9780567028815 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 _a056702881X (hardcover : alk. paper)
100 1 _aStavrakopoulou, Francesca
245 1 0 _aLand of our fathers :
_bthe roles of ancestor veneration in biblical land claims /
_cFrancesca Stavrakopoulou
260 _aNew York :
_bT & T Clark,
_cc2010
300 _axviii, 189 p. ;
_c25 cm
490 _aLibrary of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ;
_v473
490 _aT & T Clark library of biblical studies
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [149]-172) and indexes
505 0 0 _tBones, burials and boundaries --
_tAbraham at Machpelah --
_tMoses at the edge --
_tContesting Bethel --
_tClaiming Jerusalem --
_tThe creation of a nation
520 8 _aThis 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
520 8 _aThis 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
630 0 0 _aBible.
_pOld Testament
_xCriticism, interpretation, etc
650 0 _aLand tenure
_xBiblical teaching
650 0 _aAncestor worship
_xBiblical teaching
830 0 _aLibrary of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ;
_v473
830 0 _aT & T Clark library of biblical studies
942 _2lcc
_cBK
999 _c41037
_d41037