Ritual employs of birds in ancient Syria-Palestine
By: Giuseppe Minunno
Series: Alter Orient und Altes Testament -- Bd. 402; Alter Orient und Altes Testament -- Bd. 402.
Publisher: Ugarit-Verlag
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Münster
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9783868350838
Subjects: Social life and customs; Religious aspects; Ritual; Religious life and customs; Prehistoric Rites and ceremonies; Vögel; Birds in the Bible; Manners and customs; Birds
Notes: Revised thesis (doctoral) - University "La Sapienza", Rome.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The use of birds in rituals at Emar; title: The ritual use of birds in Ugaritic culture; title: Other Bronze Age sites; title: Ritual functions of birds in the Old Testament; title: The use of birds in Phoenician and Punic rituals; title: The use of birds in Hittite and Hurrian rituals.