Born in Heaven, Made on Earth : : The Making of the Cult Image in the Ancient Near East / / ed. by Michael B. Dick.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
• MitwirkendeR: Dick, Michael B.,; Lorton, David,; Waghorne, Joanne Punzo,; Walker, Christopher,
• HerausgeberIn: Dick, Michael B.,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; Prophetic Parodies of Making the Cult Image --; The Induction of the Cult Image in Ancient Mesopotamia: The Mesopotamian mis pî Ritual --; The Theology of Cult Statues in Ancient Egypt --; The Divine Image in Contemporary South India: The Renaissance of a Once Maligned Tradition --; Conclusions --; Bibliography
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781575065120; 9783110745269
• DOI: 10.1515/9781575065120?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Michael B. Dick.

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.