Reading Qs 16

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Christopher Hays, “Death and the Dead in Iron II Israel and Judah,” pages 147-168, 176-192

 

  1. If we are focusing on Israel and Judah in the Iron Age, roughly when is that?
  2. What kinds of tombs do we see during this period?
  3. What is a bench tomb and how would it be used? (148-149)
  4. What kinds of grave goods would people have?
  5. What kinds of burials are mentioned in the Hebrew Bible?
  6. What physical factors may have impacted the burials of the kings of Judah? (157-160)
  7. What does mourning look like?
  8. What are the dead able to do in the living world?
  9. What is Sheol like? (176-178)
  10. What god controls the underworld in the Hebrew Bible? What makes this surprising, from the point of view of what we’ve learned this quarter? (184-186)
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