What is a god? :

Barbara Nevling Porter 2009

What is a god? : anthropomorphic and non-anthropomorphic aspects of deity in ancient Mesopotamia / edited by Barbara Nevling Porter. - [Chebeague, Me.] : Winona Lake, Ind. : Casco Bay Assyriological Institute ; Distributed by Eisenbrauns, 2009. - xii, 210 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Transactions of the Casco Bay Assyriological Institute ; v. 2 . - Transactions of the Casco Bay Assyriological Institute ; 2. .

Proceedings of a conference held in Sept. 2004 in Chebeague, Me.

Includes bibliographical references.

Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, or, How and why did the Sumerians create their gods? / "The stars their likenesses": perspectives on the relation between celestial bodies and gods in ancient Mesopotamia / In the likeness of man: reflections on the anthropocentric perception of the divine in Mesopotamian art / Blessings from a crown, offerings to a drum: were there non-anthropomorphic deities in ancient Mesopotamia? / Barbara N. Porter -- Herman Vanstiphout -- Francesca Rochberg -- Tallay Ornan -- Barbara N. Porter -- Introduction / Highlights of the discussion.

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God--Congresses.


Iraq--Religion--Congresses.

BL2350.I7 / W43 2009

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