UID:
edoccha_9960816112102883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 406 pages) :
,
illustrations
ISBN:
9780884143635
,
0884143635
Series Statement:
Ancient Near East monographs ; number 25
Content:
"For several decades sociologists and cultural anthropologists have intensively researched the role of the senses in a variety of cultures, and their studies reveal how different cultures understand and evaluate the five or more senses in unique ways. In this collection of eighteen essays, biblical and ancient Near Eastern scholars apply the questions and methods raised by cultural anthropologists to Israel, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. Experts offer insights into the meaning of the senses in ancient texts and images, examining the classical senses (seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting) as well as other senses (such as kinethesis and the sense of balance) and sense-related issues (such as disgust, sensory imagination, and disabilities)."--
Additional Edition:
Print version: Sounding sensory profiles in the ancient Near East. Atlanta : SBL Press, [2019] ISBN 1628372419
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781628372410
Language:
English
Keywords:
History.
