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A history of the animal world in the ancient Near East / edited by Billie Jean Collins.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity - Book Archive 2000-2006 Available online
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- Book
- Series:
- Handbuch der Orientalistik. Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; Erste Abteilung, 64. Bd.
- Handbook of Oriental studies. Section 1, Near and Middle East ; v. 64 = Handbuch der Orientalistik
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human-animal relationships--Middle East.
- Human-animal relationships.
- Animals in art.
- Animals in literature.
- Animals--Religious aspects.
- Animals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (648 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is about all aspects of man’s contact with the animal world; sacrifice, sacred animals, diet, domestication, in short, from the sublime to the mundane. Chapters on art, literature, religion and animal husbandry provide the reader with a complete picture of the complex relationships between the peoples of the Ancient Near East and (their) animals. A reference guide and key to the menagerie of the Ancient Near East, with ample original illustrations.
- Contents:
- Preliminary material / Billie Jean Collins
- THE NATIVE FAUNA OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST / ALLAN S. GILBERT
- ANIMALS IN ANATOLIAN ART / ANN C. GUNTER
- ANIMALS IN EGYPTIAN ART AND HIEROGLYPHS / PATRICK F. HOULIHAN
- ANIMALS IN MESOPOTAMIAN ART / Billie Jean Collins
- ANIMALS IN THE ART OF ANCIENT IRAN / MARGARET COOL ROOT
- ANIMALS IN SYRO-PALESTINIAN ART / ANNIE CAUBET
- ANIMALS IN HITTITE LITERATURE / BILLIE JEAN COLLINS
- ANIMALS IN EGYPTIAN LITERATURE / EMILY TEETER
- ANIMALS IN MESOPOTAMIAN LITERATURE / BENJAMIN R. FOSTER
- ANIMALS IN THE LITERATURES OF SYRIA-PALESTINE / ODED BOROWSKI
- ANIMALS IN THE RELIGIONS OF ANCIENT ANATOLIA / BILLIE JEAN COLLINS
- ANIMALS IN EGYPTIAN RELIGION / EMILY TEETER
- ANIMALS IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN RELIGION / JOANN SCURLOCK
- ANIMAL SACRIFICE IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN RELIGION / JOANN SCURLOCK
- ANIMALS IN THE RELIGIONS OF SYRIA-PALESTINE / ODED BOROWSKI
- HUNTING, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DIET IN ANCIENT EGYPT / DOUGLAS BREWER
- AN ARCHAEOZOOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE CULTURAL USE OF MAMMALS IN THE LEVANT / BRIAN HESSE and PAULA WAPNISH
- APPENDIX: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NEAR EASTERN ZOOLOGY / ALLAN S. GILBERT
- REFERENCES / Billie Jean Collins
- INDEX / Billie Jean Collins
- HANDBUCH DER ORIENTALISTIK / Billie Jean Collins.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [537]-601) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-46474-7
- 9786610464746
- 1-4175-9084-X
- 90-474-0091-7
- OCLC:
- 171583020
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789047400912 DOI
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