Banned Birds : the Birds of Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 / Peter Altmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Altmann, Peter, author.

Series:

Archaeology and Bible

Archaeology and Bible ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Leviticus--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Deuteronomy--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Birds in the Bible.

Jews--Dietary laws--Biblical teaching.

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 186 pages) : illustrations (black and white); digital file(s).

Edition:

1. Aufl.

Other Title:

Birds of Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14

Place of Publication:

Mohr Siebeck 2019

Tübingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck GmbH and Co. KG, [2019]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

data file

Summary:

The dietary prohibitions in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 represent one of the most detailed textual overlaps in the Pentateuch between the Priestly material and Deuteronomy. This is especially the case for the birds: their identities are shrouded in mystery and the reasons for their prohibition debated. Peter Altmann attempts to break this impasse by setting these flyers within the broader context of birds and flying creatures in the Ancient Near East. His investigation considers the zooarcheological data on birds in the ancient Levant, iconographic and textual material on mundane and mythic flyers from Egypt and Mesopotamia, as well as studying the symbolic functions of birds within the texts of the Hebrew Bible itself.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on e-publication, viewed on February 7, 2020.

ISBN:

9783161581649

3161581644

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.1628/978-3-16-158164-9

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access.