| Description |
1 online resource (x, 278 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Finding the Bible through the Bedouin -- Bedouin and Israelites in the desert -- Bedouin culture in the biblical home -- Desert society -- Desert laws -- Desert religion -- Desert oral traditions -- Bedouin Israelites in the Hebrew Bible -- Appendix: Moses and the Midianites -- Notes -- Bibliography of works cited -- Index of Bible passages cited -- Index of Arabic spellings -- General index |
| Summary |
The first contemporary analysis of Bedouin and biblical cultures sheds new light on biblical laws, practices, and Bedouin history |
| Notes |
Written by one of the world's leading scholars of Bedouin culture, this groundbreaking book sheds new light on significant points of convergence between Bedouin and early Israelite cultures, as manifested in the Hebrew Bible. Bailey compares Bedouin and biblical sources, identifying overlaps in economic activity, material culture, social values, social organization, laws, religious practices, and oral traditions. He examines the question of whether some early Israelites were indeed nomads as the Bible presents them, offering a new angle on the controversy over the identity of the early Israelites and a new cultural perspective to scholars of the Bible and the Bedouin alike |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-249) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Bedouins in the Bible.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Sacred Writings.
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- Israel.
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Bedouins in the Bible
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780300245639 |
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0300245637 |
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