Abstract
This study deals four basic elements of canaanite burial rites: preliminary incantations warding off danger of decease; ritual gestures of grieving relatives; interment or cremation; renovation of cultic purity of bereaved familly.
This study deals four basic elements of canaanite burial rites: preliminary incantations warding off danger of decease; ritual gestures of grieving relatives; interment or cremation; renovation of cultic purity of bereaved familly.