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Does the premise of the women at the tomb story make any sense from a Jewish perspective?

Asked by testing  4 months ago 317 views

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The premise being that the women were going to Jesus’ tomb to anoint his body. The logic is that they buried him in a rush because Shabbat, so they didn’t get the chance to anoint his body. Putting aside everything else about the story, I have two questions:

  1. How important was it to anoint the body at that time in Jewish history? Was it a big deal if you didn't have the chance to do it? What was the purpose?
  2. Would it ever make sense to open an already-closed tomb to put oil on an already-decomposing body?

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I researched this a while back and couldn't find any evidence that this was an actual first-century Jewish practice.

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