Sounding Sensory Profiles in the Ancient Near East
2019
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An interdisciplinary essay collection from an international group of experts For several decades sociologists and cultural anthropologists have intensively researched the role of the senses in a variety of cultures, and their studies show how diverse cultures understand and evaluate the five or more senses differently. In this collection of eighteen essays, biblical and ancient Near Eastern scholars, as well as cultural anthropologists, apply the questions and methods from anthropological and sociological studies to Israel, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. Experts offer insights into the meaning of the senses in the ancient world, examining the classical senses (seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting) as well as other senses (such as kinesthesis and the sense of balance) and sense-related issues (such as disgust, sensory imagination, and disabilities). This collection provides a stimulus and a basis for students and scholars to explore the senses in the ancient Near East. Features
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Thomas Krüger
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Thomas Krüger, geboren 1962 in Ostwestfalen, arbeitete zunächst als Journalist für Tageszeitungen und Magazine. Heute ist er Hörbuch- und Kinderbuchverleger, Autor von Kinderbüchern (Jo Raketen-Po) und zahllosen Sonetten – u.a. an Donald Duck. Mit Erwin, Mord & Ente legt er seinen ersten Krimi vor und betritt mit der Figur der »Ermittlungsente« Lothar völlig neues Terrain. Thomas Krüger lebt mit seiner Familie in Bergisch Gladbach bei Köln. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
