Every Living Thing

Oded Borowski

doi:10.5771/9781461700395

Summary

The agricultural world of Old Testament Israel swarmed with animals—birds, insects, fish, pack animals, pets, animals for hunting, and domesticated herds of sheep, goats, and cattle. Using information from the Bible, Ancient Near Eastern documents, anthropology, and archaeology, Borowski synthesizes what we know about the use of animals in biblical times for food, clothing, transportation, and even cultic practices. This comprehensive catalog is a convenient desk resource for any reader_whether biblical scholar, archaeology student, or layperson. Essays on pastoral systems, cult, and agricultural economics, makes this also an important tool for researchers.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 1999
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7619-8918-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4617-0039-5
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 297
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
2. List of Illustrations No access
3. About the Author No access
4. Preface and Acknowledgments No access
1. Notes No access
1. Domestication of Animals No access
2. Zooarchaeology No access
3. Notes No access
1. 1. Types of Herding Systems No access
  2. 1. Sheltering No access
    2. Feeding No access
    3. Watering No access
    4. The Shepherd No access
    5. Breeding No access
2. 1. 1. Fresh Milk No access
    2. Processed Milk Products No access
    3. Meat No access
    4. Dung No access
    5. Bones and Horns No access
  2. Zooarchaeological Remains No access
  3. 1. Hair and Skins No access
  4. 1. Wool No access
3. 1. Cows and Bulls No access
  2. Milk Cattle No access
  3. Cattle in Canaan and the Ancient near East No access
4. Notes No access
1. 1. Harnessing and Wheeled Transportation No access
  2. 1. Donkey Riding and Packing No access
    2. The Role of the Donkey in Ancient Israel No access
    3. Donkeys as Booty and Tribute No access
  3. 1. Chariotry and Horseback Riding No access
    2. Stabling Horses No access
    3. Horses and Chariots in the Ancient near East No access
  4. 1. Mules in Ancient Israel No access
    2. Mules in the Ancient near East No access
2. 1. 1. The Camel in the Bible No access
    2. Camels in the Ancient near East No access
  2. 1. Oxen and Working Cows in the Bible and the Ancient near East No access
3. Notes No access
1. 1. 1. Dogs in the Ancient near East No access
    2. Breeds of Dogs in the Ancient near East No access
  2. 1. Extent of and Reasons for Pig Prohibitions No access
  3. Cats No access
2. Notes No access
1. 1. Fowling No access
  2. Ancient Ecology and the Role of the Zooarchaeological Record No access
2. 1. 1. Use of Honey and Other By-Products No access
3. Notes No access
1. 1. 1. Processing the Catch No access
    2. Fish Remains and their Significance No access
2. 1. 1. Murex No access
3. Notes No access
1. 1. Deer and Gazelle No access
  2. Ibex No access
  3. Bovids No access
2. 1. Hyraxes and Hares No access
  2. Elephants and Other Large Animals No access
3. 1. Lions No access
  2. Leopards No access
  3. Bears No access
4. 1. Wolves No access
  2. Foxes No access
  3. Jackals No access
5. 1. Hyenas No access
  2. Exotic Animals No access
6. Notes No access
1. The Passover Sacrifice No access
2. Wild Animals as Sacrifices No access
3. Animal Sacrifices in Biblical Traditions No access
4. Evidence of Animal Sacrifices in Cult Centers No access
5. Carnivores in the Cult No access
6. Notes No access
Chapter 9: The Place of Animals in the Daily Economy No access Pages 231 - 236
References Cited No access Pages 237 - 258
1. Archaeological Sites No access
2. Authors Cited No access
3. Terms in Hebrew and Other Semitic Languages No access
4. Biblical References No access
Credits No access Pages 295 - 297