Decoding "The Burial of the Dead"
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In an interesting way, the graph of the "[[Order for the Burial of the Dead]]," tells the story of the process of life after death. At the beginning, "eternal," and "life" overlap for the most frequently occurring terms, indicating perhaps their greater importance, and directly below them, "death," and "body" overlap, indicating the the body has died, beginning the process towards eternal life. "Holy," does not feature heavily at the beginning, perhaps because no divine intervention has occurred yet. | In an interesting way, the graph of the "[[Order for the Burial of the Dead]]," tells the story of the process of life after death. At the beginning, "eternal," and "life" overlap for the most frequently occurring terms, indicating perhaps their greater importance, and directly below them, "death," and "body" overlap, indicating the the body has died, beginning the process towards eternal life. "Holy," does not feature heavily at the beginning, perhaps because no divine intervention has occurred yet. | ||
− | Then, the "holy" process takes off, creating life from the dead body. | + | Then, the "holy" process takes off, creating life from the dead body, the "body," rises, becomes holy, and at the end, life skyrockets off, as does "eternal." |
='''Figure 4: Recurring Terms in the Biblical Allusions of "The Burial of the Dead"'''= | ='''Figure 4: Recurring Terms in the Biblical Allusions of "The Burial of the Dead"'''= |