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9781563384028

Roll Back the Stone Death and Burial in the World of Jesus

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    9781563384028

  • ISBN10:

    1563384027

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-04-01
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark
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Summary

McCane offers here a dazzling examination of funerary practices in early Roman Palestine.

Author Biography

Byron R. McCane is Professor of Religion and Chair of the Department of Religion at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: Death as a Fact of Life 1(26)
Jewish Death Ritual in Early Roman Palestine
27(34)
Q and Death in Early Roman Galilee
61(28)
``Where No One Had Yet Been Laid'': The Shame of Jesus' Burial
89(20)
Is a Corpse Contagious? Relocating the Dead in Early Byzantine Palestine
109(18)
Rest in Peace or Roast in Hell: Funerary versus Apocalyptic Portraits of Paradise
127(14)
Conclusion: James, Son of Joseph, brother of Jesus 141(8)
Bibliography 149(2)
Index 151

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