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Jenseitshoffnung in Wort und Stein
Nefesch und pyramidales Grabmal als Phänomene antiken jüdischen Bestattungswesens im Kontext der Nachbarkulturen
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This monograph deals with two phenomena of ancient (hellenistic and roman times) Jewish burial customs: The use of the term ânefeshâ for denoting a tomb-monument etc. and the use of the pyramid as a distinct feature of tomb architecture and of decoration of burial sites. Every instance of Jewish use of either the term or the pyramid will be analysed, as well as a couple of instances from neighbouring cultures and languages (especially Nabatea and Palmyra). The widespread opinion that ânefeshâ denotes specifically a pyramid is to be falsified. Palestinian Jewish burial customs turn out to be deeply embedded into their semitic environment. Finally the hypothesis is advanced that the pyramid often symbolizes a concept of afterlife. About 50 plates with ca. 200 photos and drawings accompany the text.
Lothar Triebel, Ph.D. (2002) in Jewish Studies, Free University of Berlin, taught at Humboldt-University of Berlin until 2002 and serves currently as a protestant pastor in Mainz.
'The depth and the wide range of this study will no doubt make it the standard work in the field for some years to come.'
P. Oakes, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2005.
P. Oakes, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2005.
All those interested in the history of ancient Jewish burial customs, the cross-cultural context of Ancient Judaism, as well as theologians, archeologists and those interested in Nabatean and Palmyrean studies