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Donkeys in the Biblical World : Ceremony and Symbol / Kenneth Way.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: History, Archaeology, and Culture of the Levant ; 2Publisher: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781575066431
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 299.2
LOC classification:
  • BL1605.D66 -- W39 2011eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The Donkey in Ancient Near Eastern Texts -- Chapter 3 The Donkey in Near Eastern Archaeology -- Chapter 4 The Donkey in Biblical Literature -- Chapter 5 Synthesis -- Appendix: Equid Terminology -- Bibliography -- Indexes
Summary: In this volume, Kenneth Way explores the role of donkeys in the symbolism and ceremonies of the biblical world. His study stands alone in providing a comprehensive examination of donkeys in ancient Near Eastern texts, the archaeological record, and the Hebrew Bible. Way demonstrates that donkeys held a distinct status in the beliefs and rituals of the ancient Near East and especially Canaan-Israel.The focus on ceremony and symbol encompasses social and religious thoughts and practices that are reflected in ancient texts and material culture relating to the donkey. Ceremonial considerations include matters of sacrifice, treaty ratification, consumption, death, burial, "scapegoat" rituals, and foundation deposits; symbolic considerations include matters of characterization, association, function, behavior, and iconographic depiction. However, the distinction between ceremony and symbol is not strict. In many cases, these two categories are symbiotic. The need for this study on donkeys is very apparent in the disciplines that study the biblical world. There is not a single monograph or article that treats this subject comprehensively. Philologists have discussed the meaning of the Amorite phrase "to kill a jackass," and archaeologists have discussed the phenomenon of equid burials. But until now, neither philologists nor archaeologists have attempted to pull together all the ceremonial and symbolic data on donkeys from burials, ancient Near Eastern texts, and the Hebrew Bible. Way's study fills this void.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The Donkey in Ancient Near Eastern Texts -- Chapter 3 The Donkey in Near Eastern Archaeology -- Chapter 4 The Donkey in Biblical Literature -- Chapter 5 Synthesis -- Appendix: Equid Terminology -- Bibliography -- Indexes

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In this volume, Kenneth Way explores the role of donkeys in the symbolism and ceremonies of the biblical world. His study stands alone in providing a comprehensive examination of donkeys in ancient Near Eastern texts, the archaeological record, and the Hebrew Bible. Way demonstrates that donkeys held a distinct status in the beliefs and rituals of the ancient Near East and especially Canaan-Israel.The focus on ceremony and symbol encompasses social and religious thoughts and practices that are reflected in ancient texts and material culture relating to the donkey. Ceremonial considerations include matters of sacrifice, treaty ratification, consumption, death, burial, "scapegoat" rituals, and foundation deposits; symbolic considerations include matters of characterization, association, function, behavior, and iconographic depiction. However, the distinction between ceremony and symbol is not strict. In many cases, these two categories are symbiotic. The need for this study on donkeys is very apparent in the disciplines that study the biblical world. There is not a single monograph or article that treats this subject comprehensively. Philologists have discussed the meaning of the Amorite phrase "to kill a jackass," and archaeologists have discussed the phenomenon of equid burials. But until now, neither philologists nor archaeologists have attempted to pull together all the ceremonial and symbolic data on donkeys from burials, ancient Near Eastern texts, and the Hebrew Bible. Way's study fills this void.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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