TY - BOOK AU - Homan, Michael M. TI - To your tents, O Israel! : : the terminology, function, form, and symbolism of tents in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East T2 - Culture and history of the ancient Near East SN - 97890041260609004126066 AV - BS1199.T42 .H66 2002 PY - 2002/// CY - Leiden ; Boston : PB - Brill KW - Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.Tents in the Bible.Tents--Middle East N1 - 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 ER -