A History of the Animal World in the Ancient Near East

Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-90-04-12126-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 64, 626 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 1252 g

Reihe: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East

This book is about all aspects of man’s contact with the animal world; sacrifice, sacred animals, diet, domestication, in short, from the sublime to the mundane.
Chapters on art, literature, religion and animal husbandry provide the reader with a complete picture of the complex relationships between the peoples of the Ancient Near East and (their) animals.
A reference guide and key to the menagerie of the Ancient Near East, with ample original illustrations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Collins, Billie Jean

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Umweltsoziologie

Über Autor(innen)

Billie Jean Collins, Ph.D. (1989) in Hittitology, Yale University, is Director of Publications for the American Schools of Oriental Research and Lecturer in Middle Eastern Studies at Emory University. She has published extensively on the religious and cultural history of ancient Turkey.