Feeding the Dead as a Complementary Practice to Worshipping Yahweh
Deuteronomy 26:14 Revisited
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 21453396 |
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| Autores | Robert Setio (0000-0002-2964-7743, Robert Setio, Ph.D. (University of Glasgow), is an Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at the Faculty of Theology, Duta Wacana Christian University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He is currently the Dean of the Faculty. He also regularly teaches Approaches to Inter-religious Studies course at the Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies. His latest publications are around the issues of ancestor veneration, spirit possession and exorcism in relation to Christianity and the Bible. Those writings reflect..., autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2023 |
| Volumen | 53 |
| Número | 1 |
| Páginas | 16-23 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2023-02-01 |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Biblical Theology Bulletin Journal of Bible and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0146-1079 • E-ISSN: 1945-7596 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/01461079231154589 |
| OpenAlex | W4319983195 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referencias citadas | 14 |
Within Christian tradition, particularly Protestant, the ritual of making offerings to the dead (i.e., feeding the dead) is often seen as contrary to Christian faith. Justification for this view is often taken from Deuteronomy 26:14. This verse details a pledge to avoid making offerings to the dead out of loyalty to Yahweh. Thus, I review the academic literature on the rationale behind this pledge to explore whether feeding the dead is contrary to the worship of Yahweh. To this end, I will discuss several studies regarding the ritual of feeding the dead in ancient Israelite society that use archaeological and textual evidence. This paper concludes that feeding the dead and worship of Yahweh are not mutually exclusive, but complementary
Archaeology · Art · Dead body · Dead end · Epistemology · Faith · Literature · Loyalty · Pledge · Political science · Protestantism · Theology · Worship · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · History · Law · Philosophy
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