Every Living Thing: Daily Use of Animals in Ancient Israel
Using information from the Bible, ancient Near Eastern documents, anthropology, and archaeology, Oded Borowski synthesizes what we know about the use of animals in Bible times for food, clothing, transportation, and even cultic practices. This comprehensive catalog of animals and their uses is a convenient desk resource for any reader - whether Biblical scholar, archaeology student, or layperson.
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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.
List of Illustrations9About the Author11Preface and Acknowledgments13Introduction17Ch. 1The Story of Animals23Ch. 2Ruminants39Ch. 3Draft and Pack Animals87Ch. 4Other Domestic Animals133Ch. 5The Birds and the Bees149Ch. 6Water Fauna167Ch. 7Wild Animals185Ch. 8Animals in the Cult of Ancient Israel211Ch. 9The Place of Animals in the Daily Economy231References Cited237Indices259Credits295
\ Society For Archaeological Sciences BulletinA well-written account of the role of animals in ancient Israel provides enough examples of the compexity of human/animal relationships to make it of general interest to all zooarchaeologists.\ \
