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Product details
- ISBN 9781575063423
- Weight: 544g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 1999
- Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
