To your tents, O Israel! : : the terminology, function, form, and symbolism of tents in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East / / by Michael M. Homan.

An examination of the function, form and symbolism of ancient tents, specifically in the Hebrew Bible, but also in the greater context of the Ancient Near East. It explores the terminology associated with tents, along with their manifold usage: domiciliary, military, nuptial and religious.

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Superior document:Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 12
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Year of Publication:2002
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 12.
Physical Description:1 online resource (321 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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505 0 |a 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 
505 8 |a Chapter Eight. THE TABERNACLE: HISTORICITY, FORM, AND FATEChapter Nine. TO YOUR TENTS, O ISRAEL! THE LEGACY OF A TENT HERITAGE IN AN ARCHAIC PROCLAMATION OF DISBANDMENT; BIBLIOGRAPHY; TEXTUAL CITATION INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX; PLATES 
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