The Tabernacle Menorah : : A Synthetic Study of a Symbol from the Biblical Cult / / Carol L. Meyers.
Through this comprehensive study of the Menorah, Carol Meyers demonstrates that its symbolic value comes to exceed its function as a source of light, for it symbolizes plant life, cosmic power, and ultimately the reality of the presence of the deity in the tabernacle.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2003] ©2003 |
| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- FOREWORD
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- LIST OF FIGURES
- ABBREVIATIONS
- CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION—METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
- CHAPTER II: BIBLICAL SOURCES
- CHAPTER III: ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOURCES
- CHAPTER IV: THE SACRED TREE IN ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ICONOGRAPHY
- CHAPTER V: A TYPOLOGY OF TREE MOTIFS IN ANCIENT ISRAEL
- CHAPTER VI: CONCLUSIONS
- FIGURES
- SOURCE OF FIGURES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY