God, Man and Domesticated Animals: The Birth of Shepherds and Their Descendants in the Ancient Near East

by Yutaka Tani

This book is a fascinating exploration into how European attitudes that measure human achievements by their extent of control over nature is a cultural and historical product of the ancient Middle Eastern and Mediterranean world. The subject matter is the emergence of domestication, the history and role of shepherds, and the Bible. Drawing on fieldwork spanning more than four decades, Part I looks at the domestication process of sheep and goats, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1925608921
• ISBN13: 9781925608922
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Trans Pacific Press
• Length: 240 Pages