Gruber, Mayer Irwin, Aspects of Nonverbal Communication in the Ancient Near East. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1977. VIII-520 p. Xerox University Microfilms 77-24,095 [gestures and postures of prayer, obeisance, sadness, anger etc. attested in Akkadian, Ugaritic and Hebrew literature].