LEADER 03825nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910824063203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-57506-643-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9781575066431 035 $a(CKB)2550000000052110 035 $a(OCoLC)792739732 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10495980 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000535977 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11344647 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000535977 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10545990 035 $a(PQKB)10367018 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3155624 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10495980 035 $a(OCoLC)922991504 035 $a(DE-B1597)584207 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781575066431 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_78787 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3155624 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000052110 100 $a20110623d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDonkeys in the biblical world $eceremony and symbol /$fKenneth C. Way 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWinona Lake, IN $cEisenbrauns$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (290 p.) 225 1 $aHistory, archaeology, and culture of the Levant ;$v2 300 $aGebaseerd op proefschrift Hebrew Union College, 2006. 311 $a1-57506-213-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tForeword --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$tChapter 1 Introduction --$tChapter 2 The Donkey in Ancient Near Eastern Texts --$tChapter 3 The Donkey in Near Eastern Archaeology --$tChapter 4 The Donkey in Biblical Literature --$tChapter 5 Synthesis --$tAppendix: Equid Terminology --$tBibliography --$tIndexes 330 $aIn this volume, Kenneth Way explores the role of donkeys in the symbolism and ceremonies of the biblical world. His study stands alone in providing a comprehensive examination of donkeys in ancient Near Eastern texts, the archaeological record, and the Hebrew Bible. Way demonstrates that donkeys held a distinct status in the beliefs and rituals of the ancient Near East and especially Canaan-Israel.The focus on ceremony and symbol encompasses social and religious thoughts and practices that are reflected in ancient texts and material culture relating to the donkey. Ceremonial considerations include matters of sacrifice, treaty ratification, consumption, death, burial, ?scapegoat? rituals, and foundation deposits; symbolic considerations include matters of characterization, association, function, behavior, and iconographic depiction. However, the distinction between ceremony and symbol is not strict. In many cases, these two categories are symbiotic. The need for this study on donkeys is very apparent in the disciplines that study the biblical world. There is not a single monograph or article that treats this subject comprehensively. Philologists have discussed the meaning of the Amorite phrase ?to kill a jackass,? and archaeologists have discussed the phenomenon of equid burials. But until now, neither philologists nor archaeologists have attempted to pull together all the ceremonial and symbolic data on donkeys from burials, ancient Near Eastern texts, and the Hebrew Bible. Way?s study fills this void. 410 0$aHistory, archaeology, and culture of the Levant ;$v2. 606 $aSemites$xReligion 606 $aDonkeys$xReligious aspects$xHistory 607 $aMiddle East$xReligious life and customs 615 0$aSemites$xReligion. 615 0$aDonkeys$xReligious aspects$xHistory. 676 $a299/.2 700 $aWay$b Kenneth C$01642396 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824063203321 996 $aDonkeys in the Biblical World$93987059 997 $aUNINA