Studies in Biblical and Semitic Symbolism

by Maurice H. Farbridge

Overview

This is Volume II in series of six on the Ancient Near East. Originally published in 1923, adding to an important a branch of Biblical and Semitic Studies this study looks biblical and Semitic symbolism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415244572
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/23/2000
Series:	Trubner's Oriental Ser.
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Maurice H. Farbridge Langton Fellow and Faulkner Fellow in Oriental Studies in the Victoria University of Manchester.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I. THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIBLICAL AND SEMITIC SYMBOLISM CHAPTER II. TREES, PLANTS, AND FLOWERS CHAPTER III. THE ANIMAL KINGDOM CHAPTER IV. SYMBOLISM OF NUMBERS CHAPTER V. SYMBOLICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE BABYLONIAN-ASSYRIAN PANTHEON CHAPTER VI. BURIAL AND MOURNING CUSTOMS CHAPTER VII. MISCELLANEOUS SYMBOLISMS