From: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.ac.il>
To: Ben Crick <ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk>
Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: uncover that nakedness!! :-)
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 09:32:09 +0200
The expression "sleep with one's fathers", as well as the related
expression "sleep with one's clan" (which is the way I understand Hebrew
'amm in such contexts), refers to secondary burials in family tombs.
Sincerely,
--
Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
Beit Berl Post Office 44905
Israel