\u00cdsraelsm\u00f6nnum og n\u00e1gr\u00f6nnum \u00feeirra \u00ed Austurl\u00f6ndum n\u00e6r var miki\u00f0 \u00ed mun a\u00f0 dau\u00f0ir fengju vir\u00f0ulega \u00fatf\u00f6r.\u00a0 L\u00e1tnir voru venjulega greftra\u00f0ir innan s\u00f3larhrings fr\u00e1 andl\u00e1tinu vegna hitans \u00ed ve\u00f0rinu.\u00a0 \u00cd l\u00f6gm\u00e1li M\u00f3se er \u00feess geti\u00f0, a\u00f0 l\u00edk skuli jar\u00f0a\u00f0 samd\u00e6gurs (5M\u00f3s 21.23).\u00a0 \u00dea\u00f0 \u00fe\u00f3tti \u00f3svinna a\u00f0 l\u00e1ta jar\u00f0neskar leifar \u00e1stvinar rotna \u00fear sem hundar og hr\u00e6fuglar komust \u00ed \u00fe\u00e6r.<\/p>\n
\u00cd Bibl\u00edunni er ekki a\u00f0 finna neina n\u00e1kv\u00e6ma l\u00fdsingu \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed hvernig l\u00edk dau\u00f0ra voru b\u00fain til greftrunar.\u00a0 \u00de\u00f3 er vita\u00f0, a\u00f0 l\u00edki\u00f0 var \u00fevegi\u00f0 (Post 9.37), smurt ilmsmyrslum (L\u00fak 24.1) og sveipa\u00f0 l\u00ednkl\u00e6\u00f0i (Matt 27.59; J\u00f3h 11.44).<\/p>\n
Til forna\u00a0<\/strong>l\u00f6g\u00f0u Hebrear hina dau\u00f0u \u00ed hella e\u00f0a grafir.\u00a0 Abraham og Sara voru j\u00f6r\u00f0u\u00f0 \u00ed Makpelahelli \u00ed grennd vi\u00f0 Hebron (1M\u00f3s 23.19; 25.9,10).\u00a0Seinna var fari\u00f0 a\u00f0 h\u00f6ggva grafhvelfingar \u00ed kletta.\u00a0 Sumar grafir r\u00famu\u00f0u a\u00f0eins eitt l\u00edk en a\u00f0rar fleiri og til voru s\u00e9rstakir fj\u00f6lskyldugrafreitir.\u00a0 Grafir voru kirfilega merktar, enda t\u00f6ldust \u00feeir \u00f3hreinir og \u00f3h\u00e6fir til \u00feess a\u00f0 taka \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed gu\u00f0sd\u00fdrkuninni, sem ur\u00f0u til \u00feess a\u00f0 snerta l\u00edk, jafnvel \u00fe\u00f3tt \u00ed \u00f3g\u00e1ti v\u00e6ri.\u00a0\u00a0\u00deegar hold haf\u00f0i rotna\u00f0 af beinum var \u00feeim safna\u00f0 \u00ed \u00edl\u00e1t, sem kalla\u00f0 var beinah\u00fas.\u00a0 Eftir \u00fea\u00f0 m\u00e1tt nota gr\u00f6fina aftur.<\/p>\n Hj\u00e1 Grikkjum, R\u00f3mverjum og Kanverjum t\u00ed\u00f0ka\u00f0ist l\u00edkbrennsla.\u00a0 Gy\u00f0ingum \u00fe\u00f3tti h\u00fan ni\u00f0url\u00e6gjandi og brenndu \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0eins l\u00edk a\u00f0 \u00feau v\u00e6ru \u00feegar or\u00f0in mj\u00f6g illa farin (1Sam 31.12) e\u00f0a vi\u00f0komandi hef\u00f0i l\u00e1tist af v\u00f6ldum fars\u00f3ttar (Amos 6.10).\u00a0 L\u00edk \u00feeirra, sem \u00f3h\u00fd\u00f0nast h\u00f6f\u00f0u bo\u00f0or\u00f0um Gu\u00f0s, voru l\u00edka stundum brennd (3M\u00f3s 20.14; J\u00f3s 7.25).<\/p>\n \u00datfarasi\u00f0ir snerust um sorg eftirlifendanna (sj\u00e1 athugagrein vi\u00f0 7.12) sem gengu \u00ed l\u00edkfylgd til grafarinnar.\u00a0 L\u00edk voru borin \u00e1 tr\u00e9b\u00f6rum (2Sam 3.31; L\u00fak 7.11-15).\u00a0 A\u00f0 \u00fatf\u00f6r lokinni t\u00f6ldust \u00feeir, sem b\u00fai\u00f0 h\u00f6f\u00f0u l\u00edki\u00f0 til greftrunar, \u00f3hreinir og \u00f3h\u00e6fir til \u00fe\u00e1ttt\u00f6ku \u00ed helgihaldi. \u00a0\u00a0\u00deeir ur\u00f0u \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 gangast undir hreinsunarath\u00f6fn samkv\u00e6mt \u00e1kve\u00f0num helgisi\u00f0um og hlutu eftir \u00fea\u00f0 fulla a\u00f0ild a\u00f0 Gu\u00f0s l\u00fd\u00f0 a\u00f0 n\u00fdju (4M\u00f3s 19.11-20).\u00a0 Ekki eru til neinar heimildir um \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 Gy\u00f0ingar k\u00e6mu saman yfir moldum dau\u00f0ra til \u00feess a\u00f0 hei\u00f0ra minningu \u00feeirra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"