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The First Ghosts: A rich history of ancient ghosts and ghost stories from the British Museum curator, by Irving Finkel

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The first biblical word for ghost is Rephaim (Hebrew rêpāʾîm), a plural noun translated ‘shades’ in the NRSV, recalling the same image for a ghost sometimes used in Babylonian, ṣillu.
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The First Ghosts: A rich history of ancient ghosts and ghost stories from the British Museum curator
The First Ghosts: A rich history of ancient ghosts and ghost stories from the British Museum curator
by Irving Finkel
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