McCane offers here a dazzling examination of funerary practices in early Roman Palestine.

This publication outlines the material preserved in the ancient Jewish cemeteries in the Land of Israel and provides a comprehensive and instructive study of Jewish funerary customs, practices, and rituals relating to death, burial and mourning, as well as addressing the meaning of Jewish funerary art and tradition.

Evans concludes his volume with a measured consideration of the historical value of the archaeological data afforded by the several inscriptions.