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Title A history of the animal world in the ancient Near East / edited by Billie Jean Collins
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 620 pages) : illustrations
Series Handbook of Oriental studies. Section 1, Near and Middle East ; v. 64 = Handbuch der Orientalistik
Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; 64 Bd.
Contents List of Figures; List of Tables; Part I: The Native Fauna; Part II: Animals in Art; Part III: Animals in Literature; Part IV: Animals in Religion; Part V: Studies in the Cultural Use of Animals; Appendix: Bibliography of Near Eastern Zoology; References; Index
Summary This title concerns man's contact with the animal world: sacrifice, sacred animals, diet, and domestication. Chapters on art, literature, religion and animal husbandry reveal a picture of the complex relationships between the peoples of the Ancient Near East and (their) animals
Analysis Samfundsvidenskab Sociologi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-601) and index
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Subject Human-animal relationships -- Middle East
Animals in art.
Animals in literature.
Animals -- Religious aspects.
Animals in the Bible.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography.
Animals in art
Animals in literature
Animals in the Bible
Animals -- Religious aspects
Human-animal relationships
Altertum
Tierdarstellung
Tiere
Relation homme-animal.
Thème artistique.
Animal.
Thème littéraire.
Aspect religieux.
Antiquité
Middle East
Alter Orient
Naher Osten
Moyen-Orient.
Form Electronic book
Author Collins, Billie Jean.
LC no. 2001052845
ISBN 141759084X
9781417590841
9047400917
9789047400912
9789004121263
9004121269