00759nam a2200193 a 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021020001500062022001400077040000800091082001900099100002300118245012900141260003700270300002500307440003900332500003900371501015500410OSt20250616165403.0150206s1994                  001 0 eng d  a3161462211  a0940-4155  cdlc  a220.9 Sch 19941 aSchumidt, Brian B.10aIsrael's Beneficent Dead :bAncestor Cult and Necromancy in Ancient Israelite religion and Tradition /cby Brian B. Schmidt.  aTubingen :bMohr Siebeck,c1994.  axv, 400 p. ;c23 cm. 0aForschungen zum Alten Testament 11  aIncludes Bibliography and Indexes.  aThis book is a significantly revised version of a thesis which is for the University of Oxford's Doctorate of Philosophy degree in the winter of 1992.