Born in Heaven, Made on Earth : : The Making of the Cult Image in the Ancient Near East /

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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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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