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To your tents, O Israel! : the terminology, function, form, and symbolism of tents in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East / Michael M. Homan

By:

Homan, Michael M

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; 12Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002Description: xxiv, 229 p., [64] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

97890041260609004126066

Subject(s):

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.Tents in the Bible.Tents--Middle East

LOC classification:

BS1199.T42 .H66 2002

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.

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