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Author McCane, Byron R.

Title Roll back the stone : death and burial in the world of Jesus / Byron R. McCane.

Imprint Harrisburg, PA : Trinity Press International, c2003.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  393.9095694 M126r 2003    ---  Available
 Axe Kansas Collection  393.9095694 M126r 2003 c.2  ---  Lib Use Only
Description viii, 163 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 149) and index.
Contents Death as a fact of life -- Jewish death ritual in early Roman Palestine -- Q and death in early Roman Galilee -- "Where no one had yet been laid" : the shame of Jesus' burial -- Is a corpse contagious? : relocating the dead in early Byzantine Palestine -- Rest in peace or roast in hell : funerary versus Apocalyptic portraits of paradise.
Summary Examines early Christian stories about Jesus' burial, showing how they are founded in the social context of Palestinian Judaism. Finally, he explores how, in the 2nd century, Jews and Christians begin to part ways in their funerary practices. These changes were driven not only by theological disputes about death and the afterlife, but also by the steady pressure of larger social and cultural forces.
Subject Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Palestine -- History.
Jesus Christ -- Burial.
Palestine -- Social life and customs.
Palestine -- History -- 70-638.
ISBN 1563384027 (pbk.)
9781563384028 (pbk.)

 
    
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