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The many faces of the goddess : the iconography of the Syro-Palestinian goddesses Anat, Astarte, Qedeshet, and Asherah c. 1500-1000 BCE / Izak Cornelius.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cornelius, Izak, 1958-
- Series:
- Orbis biblicus et orientalis ; 204.
- Orbis biblicus et orientalis ; 204
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anat (West Semitic deity)--Art.
- Anat.
- Anat (West Semitic deity).
- Astarte (Phoenician deity)--Art.
- Astarte.
- Astarte (Phoenician deity).
- Asherah (Semitic deity)--Art.
- Asherah (Semitic deity).
- Goddesses--Middle East.
- Goddesses.
- Idols and images--Middle East.
- Idols and images.
- Middle East--Religion.
- Middle East.
- Religion.
- Middle East--Antiquities.
- Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- 207 pages, 69 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Fribourg, Switzerland : Academic Press ; Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, [2004]
- Summary:
- The ancient Semitic deities Anat, Astarte, Qedeschet and Ascherah have been of great interest in recent research history. This study now contributes to the study of the iconography of these deities in the period 1500-1000 BC. Cornelius not only presents the various iconographic representations in detail and explains their peculiarities, he also tries to clarify the relationships between the gods and to identify them.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-192).
- ISBN:
- 3727814853
- 3525530617
- OCLC:
- 56569502
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