Threshing Floors in Ancient Israel: Their Ritual and Symbolic Significance

Vital to an agrarian community's survival, threshing floors are also depicted in the Hebrew Bible as sites for mourning rites, divination rituals, cultic processions, and sacrifices. Jaime L. Waters examines these sacred functions and the various personnel active in the use and operation of the...

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Main Author: Waters, Jaime L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Bloomfield Augsburg Fortress Publishers 2015
In:Year: 2015
Edition:1st ed.
Series/Journal:Emerging Scholars Series
IxTheo Classification:HA Bible
Further subjects:B Bible. -- Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History
B Bible. -- Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish -- History
B Judaism -- Doctrines
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9781451485233