Israel's beneficent dead : ancestor cult and necromancy in ancient Israelite religion and tradition - Schmidt, Brian B (Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 1996)
Previously published: Tübingen : J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), c1994
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Oxford, 1992)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [294]-360) and indexes
Keywords: Bible. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Ancestor worship -- Biblical teaching; Ancestor worship -- Middle East; Dead -- Biblical teaching; Dead -- Middle East; Dead -- Religious aspects; Israel -- Religion; Middle East -- Religion