Emanuel Pfoh, Eveline van der Steen, Philippe Wajdenbaum, David J. Chalcraft, Niels Peter Lemche
This anthology constitutes the proceedings of the Anthropology and the Bible session from the European Association of Biblical Studies' annual meeting held in Lincoln, UK (July 2009).
This anthology constitutes the proceedings of the Anthropology and the Bible session from the European Association of Biblical Studies' annual meeting...
This volume provides an in-depth study of tribal life in the Near East in the 19th century, exploring how tribes shaped society, economy and politics in the desert, as well as in villages and towns. Until the First World War Near Eastern society was tribally organized. Particularly in the Levant and the Arabian peninsula, where the Ottoman empire was weak, large and powerful tribes such as Anaze, Beni Sakhr and Shammar interacted and competed for control of the land, the people and the economy. The main sources for this study are travel accounts of 19th century adventurers and explorers....
This volume provides an in-depth study of tribal life in the Near East in the 19th century, exploring how tribes shaped society, economy and politics ...