Steiner, Richard C., <br/><br/>
Disembodied souls:  the Nefesh in Israel and kindred spirits in the ancient Near East, with an appendix on the Katumuwa Inscription / 
Richard C. Steiner. 
 - xvi, 210 pages ;  PDF 
 - Society of Biblical Literature ancient Near East monographs ;  number 11 .
 - Ancient Near East monographs ;  v. 11. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-198) and indexes. 
<br/><br/> Biblical scholars have long claimed that the Israelites "could not conceive of a disembodied nefesh [soul]." In this book, Richard C. Steiner rejects that claim based on a broad spectrum of textual, linguistic, archaeological, and anthropological evidence spanning the millennia from prehistoric times to the present. The biblical evidence includes a prophecy of Ezekiel condemning women who pretend to trap the wandering souls of sleeping people - prophecy that has been only partially understood until now because of the obscure technical terms that it contains. The extrabiblical evidence suggests that a belief in the existence of disembodied souls was part of the common religious heritage of the peoples of the ancient Near East.--Provided by publisher. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781628370782 (hardcover binding : alk. paper) 1628370785 (hardcover binding : alk. paper) 9781628370768 (paper binding : alk. paper) 1628370769 (paper binding : alk. paper) 978-1-62837-077-5 1628370777 9781628370775 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014039318 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--Old Testament--Language, style.<br/>Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nefesh (The Hebrew word)<br/>Inscriptions, Aramaic--Turkey--Zincirli (Gaziantep İli)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PJ4819.N44  / S74 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>492/.29