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Title A history of the animal world in the ancient Near East / edited by Billie Jean Collins.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 620 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-601) and index.
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.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Human-animal relationships -- Middle East.
Human-animal relationships.
Middle East.
Animals in art.
Animals in art.
Animals in literature.
Animals in literature.
Animals -- Religious aspects.
Animals -- Religious aspects.
Animals in the Bible.
Animals in the Bible.
Indexed Term Samfundsvidenskab Sociologi.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Collins, Billie Jean.
Other Form: Print version: History of the animal world in the ancient Near East. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002 9004121269 (DLC) 2001052845 (OCoLC)48429269
ISBN 141759084X (electronic book)
9781417590841 (electronic book)
9047400917
9789047400912
9789004121263 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9004121269 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9004121269 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)