Ep. 19: Joseph’s Bones and Resurrection Trees

Michael takes you on an exegetical journey into the biblical significance of bones as a lasting memorial of a person awaiting the resurrection. Find out about the curious burial of the bones of Joseph, terebinth oaks as memorials of the dead, the connection of land inheritance and honorable burial, and the significance of Jesus’ secondary burial, or lack thereof.

LINKS

Michael’s Patreon

Ossuary for Ossilegium

Philo of Alexandria

“Secondary Burials in Palestine,” by Eric Meyers

Synecdoche

“Why Did God Choose Circumcision?” by Peter Leithart

“Under The Oak And Terebinth Trees,“ by Jonathan Lipnick

“The Bones of the Paschal Lamb,” by Julian Morgenstern