Reconsidering the Function of Tomb Inscriptions in Iron Age Judah: Khirbet Beit Lei as a Test Case

The following article challenges the widely held view that refugees wrote the inscriptions preserved on the tomb walls of Khirbet Beit Lei. We argue that the so-called “refugee-hypothesis” should be based upon a stronger methodological foundation and that the interpretation of the inscriptions at th...

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Authors: Mandell, Alice (Author) ; Smoak, Jeremy D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions
Year: 2016, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 192-245
Further subjects:B Beit Lei Iron Age Inscriptions Judean Funerary Practices
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)