Disembodied Souls: The Nefesh in Israel and Kindred Spirits in the Ancient Near East with an Appendix on the Katumuwa Inscription

Disembodied Souls: The Nefesh in Israel and Kindred Spirits in the Ancient Near East, with an Appendix on the Katumuwa Inscription Wydawca: SBL Press Opis produktu 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. Specyfikacja SKU: SOBL025881264 EAN: 9781628370768 Waga: 340 g Author: Steiner, Richard C. Binding: Paperback Pages: 228 Publication Year: 2015 BISAC Category 1: FOR002000 BISAC Category 2: REL006630 BISAC Category 3: REL006090