Daily Archives: January 29, 2010

1.  In Ancient Israelite Religion, I read P. Kyle McCarter’s “Aspects of the Religion of the Israelite Monarchy: Biblical and Epigraphic Data.” Kuntillet ‘Arjud is located in the Sinai region and was under the control of Judah during the eighth … Continue reading →

I blogged more than once this week about the Hebrew Bible’s conceptions of the afterlife: see Rephaim, Undeceptive Deception, Suffering and The Dead, and the Rising.  My assumption was that all of the dead went to the Underworld, known in the … Continue reading →

1.  In Ancient Israelite Religion, I read William Dever’s “The Contribution of Archaeology to the Study of Canaanite and Early Israelite Religion.”  The following statement stood out to me (page 236): It must be stressed that in light of archaeology … Continue reading →