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Born in heaven, made on earth : the making of the cult image in the ancient Near East / edited by Michael B. Dick.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rites and ceremonies--Middle East.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Idols and images--Middle East.
- Idols and images.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (258 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Pejoratively referred to as ";idols"; in the Hebrew Bible and in western tradition, the cult image occupied a central place in the cultures of the ancient Near East. In Mesopotamia, a ritual (mis pi) was used to ";give birth"; to the god represented by the cult image. In this volume, three separate essays examine the topic within different ancient Near Eastern cultures, and a fourth provides a modern analogy as counterpoint.
- Contents:
- ""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1""; ""Chapter 2""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Chapter 4""; ""Back Cover""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781575065120
- 1575065126
- OCLC:
- 1108925416
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