Endnote 1 – Afterlife

Ancient Semitic and biblical ancestor worship and the condition of the dead are surveyed in Klaas Spronk. Beatific Afterlife in Ancient Israel and in the Ancient Near East (Kevelaer: Butzon & Bercker, 1986). Helpful recent studies include Herbert C. Brichto, “Kin, Cult, Land and Afterlife—A Biblical Complex,” Hebrew Union College Annual 44 (1973), pp. 1–54; Oswald Loretz, “Vom kanaanäischen Totenkult zur jüdischen Patriarchen- und Elternehrung,” Jahrbuch für Anthropologie und Religionsgeschichte 3 (1978), pp. 149–204; George C. Heider, The Cult of Molek (Sheffield, UK: JSOT Press, 1985); Akio Tsukimoto, Untersuchungen zur Totenpflege [kispum] im alten Mesopotamien (Kevelaer: Butzon & Bercker, 1985).