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What is a god? : anthropomorphic and non-anthropomorphic aspects of deity in ancient Mesopotamia / edited by Barbara Nevling Porter.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Transactions of the Casco Bay Assyriological Institute ; 2.Publication details: [Chebeague, Me.] : Casco Bay Assyriological Institute ; Winona Lake, Ind. : Distributed by Eisenbrauns, 2009.Description: xii, 210 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780967425016
  • 0967425018
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 299.21
LOC classification:
  • BL2350.I7 W43 2009
Contents:
Introduction / Barbara N. Porter -- Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, or, How and why did the Sumerians create their gods? / Herman Vanstiphout -- "The stars their likenesses": perspectives on the relation between celestial bodies and gods in ancient Mesopotamia / Francesca Rochberg -- In the likeness of man: reflections on the anthropocentric perception of the divine in Mesopotamian art / Tallay Ornan -- Blessings from a crown, offerings to a drum: were there non-anthropomorphic deities in ancient Mesopotamia? / Barbara N. Porter -- Highlights of the discussion.
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Adamson Nyoni Memorial Library Non-fiction 299.21 POR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Donation Available R00382
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Proceedings of a conference held in Sept. 2004 in Chebeague, Me.

Includes bibliographical references.

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

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