{"product_id":"land-of-our-fathers-the-roles-of-ancestor-veneration-in-biblical-land-claims-paperback","title":"Land of Our Fathers: The Roles of Ancestor Veneration in Biblical Land Claims - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancesca Stavrakopoulou\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe biblical motif of a land divinely-promised and given to Abraham and his descendants is argued to be an ideological reflex of post-monarchic, territorial disputes between competing socio-religious groups. The important biblical motif of a Promised Land is founded upon the ancient Near Eastern concept of ancestral land: hereditary space upon which families lived, worked, died and were buried. An essential element of concept of ancestral land was the belief in the post-mortem existence of the ancestors, who were venerated with grave offerings, mortuary feasts, bone rituals and standing stones. The Hebrew Bible is littered with stories concerning these practices and beliefs, yet the specific correlation of ancestor veneration and certain biblical land claims has gone unrecognized. The book remedies this in presenting evidence for the vital and persistent impact of ancestor veneration upon land claims. It proposes that ancestor veneration, which formed a common ground in the experiences of various socio-religious groups in ancient Israel, became in the Hebrew Bible an ideological battlefield upon which claims to the land were won and lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancesca Stavrakopoulou\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in Hebrew Bible at the University of Exeter, UK. Her research focuses on ancient Israelite religion, Judahite kingship, and history and ideology in the Hebrew Bible. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eKing Manasseh and Child Sacrifice: Biblical Distortions of Historical Realities\u003c\/i\u003e (2004).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 26, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42133005729927,"sku":"9780567411884","price":93.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7c4a018627e2427fdf2eaf396a1cbe83.webp?v=1732631203","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/land-of-our-fathers-the-roles-of-ancestor-veneration-in-biblical-land-claims-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}