The ceramic vocabulary of the Old Testament

"This brochure is a study of the technical ceramic vocabulary that is used in the Old Testament. The unique feature of this vocabulary study is that every word is examined from the point of view of both ceramist and archaeologist. Thus it is distinctly a technological study which seeks to emphasize all points of interest to a ceramist. As a result many new shades of meaning in the Hebrew and Aramaic are now made available to the linguist. Only one phase of ceramic vocabulary is omitted, i.e. its use as a medium for symbolizing spiritual truth. This...is an inductive study of ceramic material of all types from raw clay through manufacturing techniques to finished goods in all fields. Every Old Testament usage of ceramic data has been carefully studied, but only those verses have been cited in this study which throw most light upon the particular ceramic problem under discussion" -- Introduction.