Bedouin Culture in the Bible / Clinton Bailey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bailey, Clinton, author.

Series:

Yale scholarship online.

Yale scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bedouins in the Bible.

Bedouins--Social life and customs.

Bedouins.

Nomads--Social life and customs.

Nomads.

Local Subjects:

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The first contemporary analysis of Bedouin and biblical cultures sheds new light on biblical laws, practices, and Bedouin history 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Finding the Bible through the Bedouin

1. Bedouin and Israelites in the Desert

2. Bedouin Culture in the Biblical Home

3. Desert Society

4. Desert Laws

5. Desert Religion

6. Desert Oral Traditions

7. 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

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 22. Okt 2019)

ISBN:

0-300-24563-7

OCLC:

1056109707