Camels in the Biblical World

by Martin Heide and Joris Peters

Camels are first mentioned in the Bible as the movable property of Abraham. During the early monarchy, they feature prominently as long-distance mounts for the Queen of Sheba, and almost a millennium later, the Gospels tell us about the impossibility of a camel passing through a needle's eye. Given the limited extrabiblical evidence for camels before circa 1000 BCE, a thorough investigation of the spatio-temporal history of the camel in the ancient...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1646021363
• ISBN13: 9781646021369
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Eisenbrauns
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"