Preface; Abbreviations and Short References; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Animal Imagery as a Literary and Artistic Device; Chapter 3: Paradoxical Juxtaposition of Animal Imagery and Social Categories; Chapter 4: Animals as Models for Human Society; Conclusion; Appendix A: Animal Imagery as a Hermeneutical Tool for Analyzing the Conceptual Polarity in Qoheleth; Appendix B: A New Criterion for Identifying "Wisdom Psalms"; Bibliography; Index of Scriptural and other Ancient References; Index of Animals; Index of Subjects
Summary
Any treatment of the figurative and symbolic function of animal imagery in biblical literature requires special attention to its contextual meaning and cultural evaluation
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-179) and indexes
