Threshing Floors in Ancient Israel Their Ritual and Symbolic Significance |
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| Author:
| Waters, Jaime L. |
| Series title: | Emerging Scholars Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4514-8523-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2015 |
| Publisher: | 1517 Media
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| Imprint: | Fortress Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $44.00USD $44.00 |
Book Description:
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Vital to an agrarian community's survival, threshing floors are agricultural spaces where crops are threshed and winnowed. The author examines the various personnel active in the use and operation of threshing floors in these sacred functions in order to draw a more complete picture of ancient Israelite social life.
Vital to an agrarian community's survival, threshing floors are agricultural spaces where crops are threshed and winnowed. The author examines the various personnel active in the use and operation of threshing floors in these sacred functions in order to draw a more complete picture of ancient Israelite social life.