Death and Afterlife in Ugarit and Israel

Smith, Mark S.; Bloch-Smith, Elizabeth; Spronk, Klass; Dietrich, Michael; Loretz, Oswald; Sanmartín, Joaquín; Sanmartín, José J.

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“…Prophets' role of predicting the future was threatened by people's attempts to call upon the spirits of the dead for the purpose of divination. However, the prophets did not originally forbid necromancy (Smith & Bloch-Smith: 1988). It was not until the late 8th century such a prohibition came into effect (Schmidt: 1994).…”

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“…However, necromancy was forbidden (Isa 8:19-20; Deut 18:11), despite Saul once invoking Samuel’s spirit with the help of a seer at En-Dor (1 Sam 28). This prohibition was probably to avoid displacing prophets from their role (Smith & Bloch-Smith: 1988). Prophets’ role of predicting the future was threatened by people’s attempts to call upon the spirits of the dead for the purpose of divination.…”

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Feeding the Dead as a Complementary Practice to Worshipping Yahweh: Deuteronomy 26:14 Revisited

Setio

2023

Biblical Theology Bulletin: Journal of Bible and Culture

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Within Christian tradition, particularly Protestant, the ritual of making offerings to the dead (i.e., feeding the dead) is often seen as contrary to Christian faith. Justification for this view is often taken from Deuteronomy 26:14. This verse details a pledge to avoid making offerings to the dead out of loyalty to Yahweh. Thus, I review the academic literature on the rationale behind this pledge to explore whether feeding the dead is contrary to the worship of Yahweh. To this end, I will discuss several studies regarding the ritual of feeding the dead in ancient Israelite society that use archaeological and textual evidence. This paper concludes that feeding the dead and worship of Yahweh are not mutually exclusive, but complementary.

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Feeding the Dead as a Complementary Practice to Worshipping Yahweh: Deuteronomy 26:14 Revisited

Setio

2023

Biblical Theology Bulletin: Journal of Bible and Culture

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“…See, for instance,Smith and Bloch-Smith 1988;Schloen 2001;Amico Wilson 2013; or contributions toBrooke et al 1994.24 Boyes 2013.25 Rainey 1963.26 Lemche 1998. …”

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Script and Society: The Social Context of Writing Practices in Late Bronze Age Ugarit

Wikander

2023

Palestine Exploration Quarterly

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Memory and Tradition in the Book of Numbers

Leveen

2007

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In Memory and Tradition in the Book of Numbers, Adriane Leveen offers a rereading of the fourth book of Moses. Leveen examines how the editors of Numbers created a narrative of the forty-year journey through the wilderness to control understanding of the past and influence attitudes in the future. The book explores politics, collective memory and the strategies used by its priestly editors to convince the children of Israel to accept priestly rule. Leveen considers the dynamics of the transmission of tradition, memory and values in an atmosphere of crisis as a generation witnessed its parents die in the wilderness yet chose to live in the promised land in fulfilment of God's vision.

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Death and Afterlife in Ugarit and Israel

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Feeding the Dead as a Complementary Practice to Worshipping Yahweh: Deuteronomy 26:14 Revisited

Feeding the Dead as a Complementary Practice to Worshipping Yahweh: Deuteronomy 26:14 Revisited

Script and Society: The Social Context of Writing Practices in Late Bronze Age Ugarit

Memory and Tradition in the Book of Numbers

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