Bodenheimer, F. S., 1897-1959.

Animal and Man in Bible Lands / by Dr F. S. Bodenheimer. - Leiden : E. J. Brill, c1960. - 232 p. : port. ; 28 cm. - Collection de Travaux de l'Academie Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences ; No: 10. . - Collection de Travaux de l'Academie Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences ; No: 10. .

Translation by the author. Includes indexes.

I. Introductory Chapters -- 1. Multa, sed non multum -- 2. Formation of Palestine and its Fauna in the Tertiary and the Pleistocene -- 3. Early Men in Palestine -- II. Ancient Zoology in the Middle East -- 1. Animals in the Life of the Ancient Middle East -- 2. The Animal in the Life of Ancient Mesopotamia -- 3. The Animal in the Life of Ancient Egypt -- 4. Graeco-Roman Zoology on the Fauna of the Middle East - III. From the Neolithicum to the end of Iron Age (4500 to 3000 B. C. ) -- 1. Neolithicum and Chalcolithicum -- 2. Phoenicia and Syria in the second Millenium B. C. -- 3. The Egyptian Dominance in the second Millenium B.C. -- 4. A Survey of Conditions in Canaan during the Bronze and Iron Ages (3000 to 300 B.C. ) -- 5. Animals in the Excavations of the Bronze and Iron Ages in Palestine -- 6. Assrian Influences in the first Millenium B. C. -- 7. The Old Testament and its Animals -- 8. Animal Sacrifices in the Bible -- 9. The Zoology of the Bible in the Light of Frazer's Analysis of Comparative Folklore -- IV. Indexes.


Human-animal relationships--Palestine --Antiquities.
Natural history--Middle East.


Palestine --Antiquities.
Middle East--Antiquities.

GN851 / B63 1960