Roll Back The Stone: Death And Burial In The World Of Jesus by Byron R. McCane (Academic Director of the Sepphoris Excavations in Northern Israel, and Chair of Religion & Philosophy at Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina) is a scholarly, in-depth study of death and burial practices in ancient Palestine during the Roman and Byzantine periods. From scrutinizing traditional Jewish death rituals; to a specific study of Jesus Christ's burial; to relocations of the dead in early Byzantine Palestine; and much, much more, Roll Back the Stone is a highly scholarly and strongly recommended contribution to both academic Biblical Archaeology collections and New Testament Studies supplemental reading lists for laymen.