Status
Available
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Collection
Publication
New York ; Columbia University Press, c 2006.
Description
Traversing river valleys, steppes, deserts, rain-fed forests, farmlands, and seacoasts, the early Israelite's experienced all the contrasting ecological domains of the ancient Near East. As they grew from a nomadic clan to become a nation-state in Canaan, they interacted with indigenous societies of the region, absorbed selective elements of their cultures, and integrated them into a radically new culture of their own. Daniel Hillel reveals the interplay between the culture of the Israelites and the environments within which it evolved. More than just affecting their material existence,
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Subjects
Awards
PROSE Award (Winner — 2006)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
354 p.; 6.13 inches
ISBN
0231133634 / 9780231133630
Local notes
Donated by Adele Rosalky from the Earle Hoffman Private Library, February 2019.
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