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The purpose of this dissertation is to explicate the role of donkeys in the symbolism and ceremonies of the biblical world. This requires an analysis of the relevant archaeological and textual materials from the ancient Near East as well as a fresh look at the biblical passages …

Retail image has received considerable attention in the academic literature in recent years, its influence on consumer behaviour demonstrated extensively in contexts such as stores, brands, shopping malls and tourist destinations. It is therefore surprising that the study of ret…

European identity (that is Europeans' conception of themselves as European) was formed by the thousand year confrontation from the seventh to the seventeenth century with an aggressive and expansionist Islam. European Christians saw in Islam a symbolic inversion of themselves th…