| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 229 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 12 |
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Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 12.
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| Contents |
Table of Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Plates; Acknowledgments; Chapter One. INTRODUCTION; Chapter Two. TENT TERMINOLOGY: THE MANY WORDS FOR TENTS AND THEIR INTERCHANGEABILITY; Chapter Three. TENT HOMES: THE TEXTUAL CASE FOR ANCIENT ISRAEL'S TENT-DWELLING HERITAGE; Chapter Four. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF TENTS AND PASTORAL NOMADS; Chapter Five. MILITARY TENTS: AN ANCIENT TRADITION; Chapter Six. LOVE TENTS: SEX AND MARRIAGE UNDER TENT SHELTERS; Chapter Seven. TABERNACLE PARALLELS: NEAR EASTERN PORTABLE SHRINES ACROSS THE AGES |
| Summary |
An examination of the function, form and symbolism of ancient tents, specifically in the Hebrew Bible, but also in the greater context of the Ancient Near East. It explores the terminology associated with tents, along with their manifold usage: domiciliary, military, nuptial and religious |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-214) and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Old Testament fast |
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Bibel Altes Testament gnd |
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Tents in the Bible.
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Tents -- Middle East
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Tabernacle.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Sacred Writings.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
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Antiquities
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Tabernacle
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Tents
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Tents in the Bible
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Stiftshütte
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Zelt
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Wortfeld
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Metapher
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Tenten.
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Oude Testament.
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Oudheid.
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| SUBJECT |
Middle East -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90004414
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Middle East
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Alter Orient
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Hebräisch.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1417573414 |
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9781417573417 |
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9047401581 |
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9789047401582 |
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9789004126060 |
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9004126066 |
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1280466820 |
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9781280466823 |
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9786610466825 |
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6610466823 |
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