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Clinton Bailey - Bedouin Culture in the Bible, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

Bedouin Culture in the Bible

Av Clinton Bailey

689 kr

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The first contemporary analysis of Bedouin and biblical cultures sheds new light on biblical laws, practices, and Bedouin historyWritten by one of the world’s leading scholars of Bedouin culture, this groundbreaking book sheds new light on significant points of convergence between Bedouin and early Israelite cultures, as manifested in the Hebrew Bible. Bailey compares Bedouin and biblical sources, identifying overlaps in economic activity, material culture, social values, social organization, laws, religious practices, and oral traditions. He also examines the question of whether some early Israelites were indeed nomads as the Bible presents them, offering a new angle on the controversy over their identity as well as new cultural perspectives to scholars of the Bible and the Bedouin alike.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2018-10-23
  • Mått: 156 x 235 x 24 mm
  • Vikt: 553 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 288
  • Förlag: Yale University Press
  • ISBN: 9780300121827
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Clinton Bailey has studied Bedouin culture firsthand for fifty years and is the author of books on Bedouin poetry, law, and proverbs. He has been an advocate and activist on behalf of Bedouin civil rights in Israel since 1978.

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“A remarkable monograph.”—Joachim Schaper, Vetus Testamentum  “The uninterrupted survival into the modern world of ancient things always inspires a kind of awe. The Bedouin represent such an unimaginable endurance, and so does the Bible; and now Clinton Bailey, with his characteristic mixture of erudition and adventure, shows that they may represent the same antiquity. Bailey has written another extraordinary book. Once again, the romance of ethnography is evident on every one of his fascinating pages. I will not read the Bible in the same way again.”—Leon Wieseltier“This book will be very important for those who study the literature of the Bible as well as the social history and cultural ethos of the people described in its pages. Its down to earth style is accessible to all. It is as if Bailey is writing for his friends when he describes and discusses the Bedouin.”—Ziony Zevit, American Jewish University“Clinton Bailey is a real connoisseur of the genre, intimately familiar with the details and nuances of Bedouin culture. In this field, Bailey manifests an exceptional mastery.”—Heikki Palva, Journal of the American Oriental Society“Bailey is both an empathetic observer and a master story-teller. Every student of the Bible will appreciate his insights and biblical scholars will find the volume a valuable companion to the collections of ancient Near Eastern texts that already sit on their desks.”—Jeffrey H. Tigay, University of Pennsylvania

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