:an environmental exploration of the Hebrew scriptures
/ Daniel Hillel
New York
: Columbia University Press,
, c2006.
xii, 354 p. ill., maps 24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
PROLOGUE: a personal testament --Environment and culture: a premise and its implications --Ecological context: a region of disparate domains --First riverine domain: influence of Mesopotamia --Pastoral domain: legacy of the Bedouin Patriarchs --Second riverine domain: sojourn and slavery in Egypt --Desert domain: wanderings in Sinai and the Negev -- Rainfed domain: settlement in the hill district of Canaan --Maritime domain: interactions with Philistines and Phoenicians --Urban domain: convergence of king and cult in Jerusalem --Exile domain: expulsion, survival, revival, and return --Overarching unity: culmination of ethical monotheism --EPILOGUE: the lasting relevance of early ecological influences.