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Text, artifact, and image : revealing ancient Israelite religion / edited by Gary M. Beckman and Theodore J. Lewis.

Contributor(s): Beckman, Gary M | Lewis, Theodore J
Material type: TextTextSeries: Brown Judaic studies: Publisher: Providence, R.I. : Brown Judaic Studies, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: xix, 345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781930675285 (alk. paper); 1930675283 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Judaism -- History -- To 70 A.D | Middle East -- Religion | Middle East -- Religion -- Comparative studies | Judaism -- Comparative studies | Kings and rulers -- Religious aspects -- History -- To 1500 | Idols and images -- Middle East | Temples -- Middle East | Monotheism -- Middle EastDDC classification: 296.09/01 LOC classification: BM155.3 | .T49 2006Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Introduction / Gary Beckman and Theodore J. Lewis -- What goes in is what comes out - materials for creating cult statues / Victor Avigdor Hurowitz -- The representation of the divine in Ancient Egypt / Ann Macy Roth -- The structure of divinity at Ugarit and Israel : the case of anthropomorphic deities versus monstrous divinities / Mark S. Smith -- Will the real Massebot please stand up : cases of real and mistakenly identified standing stones in Ancient Israel / Elizabeth Bloch-Smith -- Arad, Qitmit - Judahite Aniconism vs. Edomite iconic cult? questioning the evidence / Christoph Uehlinger -- Sumerian kingship and the gods / Jacob Klein -- The royal cult in Hatti / Harry A. Hoffner -- Kingship and divinity in imperial Assyria / Peter Machinist -- Israel's royal cult in the Ancient Near Eastern Kulturkreis / Ziony Zevit -- Moses as equal to Pharaoh / Gary A. Rendsburg -- Parallelism in popular and official religion in Ancient Egypt / Carolyn Routledge -- Reflections of Ptah and Memphite theology from the soil of Palestine : iconographic and epigraphic evidence / Othmar Keel -- The 'Ain Dara temple and the Jerusalem temple / John Monson -- Were there temples in Ancient Israel? the archaeological evidence / William G. Dever -- Monotheism in Ancient Egypt / James P. Allen -- Concepts of God in Israel and the question of monotheism / Nili Fox.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Gary Beckman and Theodore J. Lewis -- What goes in is what comes out - materials for creating cult statues / Victor Avigdor Hurowitz -- The representation of the divine in Ancient Egypt / Ann Macy Roth -- The structure of divinity at Ugarit and Israel : the case of anthropomorphic deities versus monstrous divinities / Mark S. Smith -- Will the real Massebot please stand up : cases of real and mistakenly identified standing stones in Ancient Israel / Elizabeth Bloch-Smith -- Arad, Qitmit - Judahite Aniconism vs. Edomite iconic cult? questioning the evidence / Christoph Uehlinger -- Sumerian kingship and the gods / Jacob Klein -- The royal cult in Hatti / Harry A. Hoffner -- Kingship and divinity in imperial Assyria / Peter Machinist -- Israel's royal cult in the Ancient Near Eastern Kulturkreis / Ziony Zevit -- Moses as equal to Pharaoh / Gary A. Rendsburg -- Parallelism in popular and official religion in Ancient Egypt / Carolyn Routledge -- Reflections of Ptah and Memphite theology from the soil of Palestine : iconographic and epigraphic evidence / Othmar Keel -- The 'Ain Dara temple and the Jerusalem temple / John Monson -- Were there temples in Ancient Israel? the archaeological evidence / William G. Dever -- Monotheism in Ancient Egypt / James P. Allen -- Concepts of God in Israel and the question of monotheism / Nili Fox.

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