An edition of Born in Heaven Made on Earth (1999)
Born in Heaven Made on Earth
The Creation of the Cult Image in the Ancient Near East
By Michael Brennan Dick
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Publish Date
October 1999
Publisher
Eisenbrauns
Language
eng
Pages
243
Description:
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.