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The descriptions of death, dying, and burial in the Hebrew Bible are brief and ambiguous. The biblical text contains instructions on how to remove the ritual impurity of the dead, but does not contain any instructions for how to bury the dead. Likewise, the description of postmortem existence is ambiguous and seemingly contradictory. The psalms often depict the place of the dead, called Sheol, in tomb-like terms. In poetic passages like Psalm 88, Sheol is described in tomb-like terms as a dark and dreary place. Yet other passages like Gen 37:35, 44:29鈥31, and Eccl 9:10 imply that Sheol is the common fate for all humanity. Yet the tomb also holds positive connotations in biblical literature. An ideal death involved being buried with your kin inside the family tomb (2 Sam 19:38). Idioms for death used in the Bible, such as 鈥済athered to one鈥檚 kin鈥 (see Gen 25:8) and 鈥渓ay down with one鈥檚 fathers鈥 (see 1 Kg 2:10), imply the collective burial rites that would have occurred inside the family tomb. So how do we reconcile these contrasting images? The archaeological exploration of ancient Israelite mortuary remains provides insight into this problem. The excavation and survey of Iron Age tombs from Judah show that the dead received two burials, an initial interment when the body was brought to the tomb, and a secondary burial when their bones were transferred to a collection of bones (called a repository) stored inside the tomb. Death as transition, in ancient Judah, was observed through the physical changes that occurred in the corpse. This talk will examine the possible meanings of this transition, where the body moved from a burial bench to a re-interment inside a bin of bones, and suggest that it indicates a process of dying that began once the corpse was brought to the tomb. This process of dying, which contrasts with our modern concept of clinical death, provides new ways of looking at the complex images of death we find in the Hebrew Bible such as Sheol.
Matthew J. Suriano is an Associate Professor in the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Maryland where he teaches Hebrew Bible, ancient religions, and archaeology. A former fellow at the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, Suriano has also participated in several archaeological excavations and surveys in Israel, most recently at Tel Burna. He has written extensively on death and burial in the ancient world, and his book A History of Death in the Hebrew Bible (Oxford University Press, 2018) won the American Society for Overseas Research鈥檚 Frank Moore Cross Award. His research interests also involve Jerusalem and he is currently studying the monolithic tombs in Silwan.
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