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Title: | Disembodied souls: the Nefesh in Israel and kindred spirits in the ancient Near East, with an appendix on the Katumuwa Inscription. |
Authors: | Steiner, Richard C |
Keywords: | Bible -- Language, style Nefesh (The Hebrew word) Inscriptions, Aramaic -- Turkey -- Zincirli (Gaziantep İli) Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
Publisher: | SBL Press |
Citation: | Steiner, Richard C. Disembodied Souls: The Nefesh in Israel and Kindred Spirits in the Ancient near East, with an Appendix on the Katumuwa Inscription. Atlanta : SBL Press, [2015], 2015. Society of Biblical Literature ancient Near East monographs: 11. |
Series/Report no.: | Society of Biblical Literature ancient Near East monographs;11 |
Abstract: | Biblical scholars have long claimed that the Israelites "could not conceive of a disembodied nefesh [soul]." In this book, Richard C. Steiner rejects that claim based on a broad spectrum of textual, linguistic, archaeological, and anthropological evidence spanning the millennia from prehistoric times to the present. The biblical evidence includes a prophecy of Ezekiel condemning women who pretend to trap the wandering souls of sleeping people--a prophecy that has been only partially understood until now because of the obscure technical terms that it contains. The extrabiblical evidence suggests that a belief in the existence of disembodied souls was part of the common religious heritage of the peoples of the ancient Near East. |
Description: | About the author (2015) Richard C. Steiner is Professor of Semitic Languages and Literature at Yeshiva University and Honorary Member of the Academy of the Hebrew Language in Israel. |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/39 https://www.sbl-site.org/assets/pdfs/pubs/9781628370775_OA.pdf |
ISBN: | 9781628370768 |
Appears in Collections: | Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies (BRGS): Faculty Publications |
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