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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.
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Born in Heaven, Made on Earth: The Making of the Cult Image in the Ancient Near East
1999, Eisenbrauns
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Born in Heaven Made on Earth: The Creation of the Cult Image in the Ancient Near East
October 1999, Eisenbrauns
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Table of Contents
Prophetic parodies of making the cult image / Michael B. Dick
The induction of the cult image in Ancient Mesopotamia : the Mesopotamian mīs pî ritual / Christopher Walker and Michael B. Dick
The theology of cult statues in ancient Egypt / David Lorton
The divine image in contemporary South India : the renaissance of a once maligned tradition / Joanne Punzo Waghorne
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