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Matthew Suriano deposited What Did Feeding the Dead Mean? Two Case Studies from Iron Age Tombs at Beth-Shemesh in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 months agoFeeding the dead was an accepted cultural practice in the world of biblical writers. It is circumscribed by cultic considerations in passages such as Deut 26:14, but there are no texts that prohibit the placing of food inside tombs. Thus, the biblical writers tacitly acknowledged the practice, though feeding the dead is never explicitly prescribed…[Read more]
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Matthew Suriano deposited The Privilege of the Living in Caring for the Dead: A Problem of Reciprocity on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 months ago
What was the significance of ancestors in the Hebrew Bible? The question is spurred by Kerry Sonia’s Caring for the Dead, which argues that the cult of dead kin was an accepted practice in the culture of the biblical writers. In building this thesis, Sonia resists an idea popular in scholarship that the Hebrew Bible promotes a negative view of r…[Read more]
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Matthew Suriano deposited What Did Feeding the Dead Mean? Two Case Studies from Iron Age Tombs at Beth-Shemesh on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 months ago
Feeding the dead was an accepted cultural practice in the world of biblical writers. It is circumscribed by cultic considerations in passages such as Deut 26:14, but there are no texts that prohibit the placing of food inside tombs. Thus, the biblical writers tacitly acknowledged the practice, though feeding the dead is never explicitly prescribed…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate started the topic Job: Mapping and Geospatial Project Specialist (Humanities Focus) in the discussion
Open-source historical mapping on Humanities Commons 3 years, 8 months agoThe Research Data and Digital Scholarship team at University of Pennsylvania Libraries is looking for a mapping geospatial project specialist to work primarily on digital humanities and digital scholarship projects, as well as to work with the existing librarian for mapping and geospatial data to foster a mapping-curious community on campus. Sound…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate started the topic Jobs in Digital Publishing and Digital Scholarship at University of Pennsylvania in the discussion
TC Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 4 years, 1 month agoKnow a talented digital humanist with Python and Docker skills, or someone with experience in digital publishing and an interest in building collaborative partnerships? The growing Research Data and Digital Scholarship team at University of Pennsylvania Libraries is hiring for two new positions—please share!
Digital Scholarship Programmer (…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate started the topic Job: Contemporary Publishing Fellow at University of Pennsylvania Libraries in the discussion
Academic Job Market Support Network on Humanities Commons 4 years, 1 month agoHello!
The Research Data and Digital Scholarship team at University of Pennsylvania Libraries is looking for a Contemporary Publishing Fellow, reporting to the Assistant University Librarian, Research Data and Digital Scholarship. The incumbent contributes to the team’s efforts to transform the digital publishing landscape by piloting a…[Read more]
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