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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: forging of Israel
    sub title: iron technology, symbolism and tradition in ancient society
  name:
    name part: McNutt, Paula M.
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    place:
      place term: Sheffield
    publisher: Almond Press
    date issued: ©1990
    date issued: 1990
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 307 pages : maps ; 21 cm
  table of contents: 1. Introduction -- Technology and culture -- Background -- The problem and its significance -- Method and procedure -- Organization -- 2. Iron technology and symbolism in African cultures -- Introduction -- Africa: The introduction of iron technology -- General surveys on iron and symbols -- Survey of traditional African societies -- Analysis and interpretation -- 3. Background to the development of iron technology in the ancient Near East -- Introduction -- Bronze, the precursor to iron -- The discovery of iron -- Wrought iron and the early processes of smelting and forging -- Sources of iron ore -- The artifactual information -- The textual information -- The search for the origins of iron technology
  table of contents: 4. The early Iron Age -- Introduction -- The transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age -- The production of steeled iron -- The adoption of iron technology -- The artifactual information -- Distributional analysis: 'Philistine' vs. 'Non-Philistine' -- Metallurgy and symbols -- Implications for reconstructing Israel's early history -- 5. Biblical symbols -- Introduction -- Iron technology -- The symbolic value of iron -- The symbolic role of artisan gods in ancient Near Eastern mythology -- The smith in ancient Israel -- Egypt as an 'iron furnace' -- 6. Conclusions.
  note: Paula M. McNutt.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-290) and index.
  note: Current copyright fee: GBP30.24 19 0. Uk
  subject:
    geographic code: a-is---
  subject:
    topic: Excavations (Archaeology)
    geographic: Palestine
  subject:
    topic: Iron age
    geographic: Palestine
  subject:
    geographic: Palestine
    topic: Antiquities
  subject:
    topic: Fouilles (Archéologie)
    geographic: Palestine
  subject:
    topic: Âge du fer
    geographic: Palestine
  subject:
    topic: Fer dans la Bible
  subject:
    geographic: Palestine
    topic: Antiquités
  subject:
    topic: Iron age
  subject:
    topic: Antiquities
  subject:
    topic: Excavations (Archaeology)
  subject:
    geographic: Middle East
    geographic: Palestine
  subject:
    topic: Eisenzeit
  subject:
    topic: Biblische Archäologie
  subject:
    geographic: Israel
  subject:
    topic: IJzer
  subject:
    topic: Techniek
  subject:
    topic: Symboliek
  subject:
    topic: IJzertijd
  subject:
    title info:
      title: Bible
    topic: Antiquities
  subject:
    topic: Iron age
    geographic: Africa, East
  subject:
    topic: Iron age
    geographic: Africa, West
  subject:
    topic: Iron age
    geographic: Eretz Israel
  subject:
    topic: Iron age
    geographic: Middle East
  subject:
    topic: Metallurgy
    geographic: Eretz Israel
    topic: Antiquities
  subject:
    topic: Metals in the Bible
  subject:
    topic: Antiquities
  subject:
    topic: Palestine
  classification: DS111 .M366 1990
  classification: 933
  classification: 11.42
  classification: 58.24
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    origin info:
      publisher: Sheffield : Almond Press, ©1990
    identifier: (OCoLC)692507816
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    title info:
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  identifier: 185075263X
  identifier: 9781850752639
  identifier: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/home.nav
  access condition: Current copyright fee: GBP30.24 19 0. Uk
  record info:
    record content source: UKV3G
    record creation date: 050501
    record change date: 20240327140120.0
    record identifier: in00001042700
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng