Born in Heaven, Made on Earth : : The Making of the Cult Image in the Ancient Near East / / 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 vol...
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Place / Publishing House: | University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021] ©1999 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
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