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Record Nr.

UNINA9910367653303321

Autore

Altmann Peter

Titolo

Banned Birds : the Birds of Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 / / Peter Altmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mohr Siebeck, 2019

Tübingen, Germany : , : Mohr Siebeck GmbH and Co. KG, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

3-16-158164-4

Edizione

[1. Aufl.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 186 pages) : illustrations (black and white); digital file(s)

Collana

Archaeology and Bible ; ; 1

Disciplina

296.73

Soggetti

Birds in the Bible

Jews - Dietary laws - Biblical teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The dietary prohibitions in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 represent one of the most detailed textual overlaps in the Pentateuch between the Priestly material and Deuteronomy. This is especially the case for the birds: their identities are shrouded in mystery and the reasons for their prohibition debated. Peter Altmann attempts to break this impasse by setting these flyers within the broader context of birds and flying creatures in the Ancient Near East. His investigation considers the zooarcheological data on birds in the ancient Levant, iconographic and textual material on mundane and mythic flyers from Egypt and Mesopotamia, as well as studying the symbolic functions of birds within the texts of the Hebrew Bible itself.