Embalming
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23816283 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard N Jones (0000-0002-1049-218X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Pages | 490-496 |
| Publication date | 1992-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Yale University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5040/9780300261882-370 |
| OpenAlex | W4243950699 |
| ISBN | 9780300261882 |
| Language | EN |
The various methods of preserving dead human and animal corpses from organic putrefaction and decay. The Hebrew ḥānaṭ, “to embalm,” is found twice in the OT (Gen 50:2, 26), where it is used with reference to the bodies of Jacob and Joseph in Egypt. The verb ḥānaṭ in Song of Solomon 2:13a (“the fig r
| Highly cited | No |
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