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📘 Product Description:

Teach your students about the death, mourning, and funeral practices of Bible times with this in-depth, Scripture-based resource. Perfect for Bible teachers, homeschoolers, Sunday school leaders, Christian educators, and pastors, this study unit explores the deeply rooted Jewish traditions surrounding death in both the Old and New Testaments.

This Bible study download includes historical and cultural insights into the mourning process, with a special focus on Shiva, burial rituals, grieving customs, and family roles during times of loss. Designed for flexible use in classroom, church, or small group settings, this resource brings biblical history to life in a meaningful and respectful way.

📖 What You’ll Learn in This Unit:

• 💀 Death and burial customs in ancient Israel

• 🕯️ Mourning practices from both Old and New Testament periods

• 🕊️ An overview of Shiva and Jewish mourning rituals

• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 How families observed and honored the dead

• 🏺 Historical context on burial, anointing, and funeral rites

• 📜 Scripture-based insights for teaching and group study

• 🧾 Printable content suitable for discussion, reflection, or presentation

This material offers a powerful way to help students understand how faith communities in the Bible approached death, loss, and remembrance—and how those customs reflected their beliefs about God, family, and eternity.

🧑‍🏫 About the Bible Teacher:

Susan B. Grant is a 1986 graduate of Columbia Bible College (now Columbia International University) and a lifelong Bible educator. She has taught Bible history from kindergarten through 12th grade, along with language arts for grades 4–8.

Susan writes and designs her own Bible curriculum to ensure it’s both easy to follow and biblically sound. Her digital downloads cover a wide range of Christian topics, always written with clarity and care.

✍️ Susan is also a published author:

• The Bottle House (Elk Lake Publishing)

• 100 Minutes with God and 100 More Minutes with God – both Amazon #1 New Releases in Christian Devotionals

• Sweet Dreams, Boone – a #1 Best Seller children’s Christian picture book

• Boone Goes for a Walk – the second book in the Boone Tails series

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🎯 Great for:

• Christian Homeschool Curriculum

• Private Christian Schools

• Sunday School Bible Study

• Small Group Teaching

• Biblical Culture Studies

This download will help you bring biblical mourning practices to life while connecting ancient customs with timeless truths.