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041 _aeng
050 _aBS1199.T42
_b.H66 2002
100 _aHoman, Michael M.
245 0 _aTo your tents, O Israel! :
_bthe terminology, function, form, and symbolism of tents in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East /
_cMichael M. Homan
260 _aLeiden ; Boston :
_bBrill,
_c2002
300 _axxiv, 229 p., [64] p. of plates :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
490 _aCulture and history of the ancient Near East ;
_v12
505 _aTable 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.
650 _aBible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.Tents in the Bible.Tents--Middle East.
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