TY - BOOK AU - Barbara Nevling Porter AU - Porter,Barbara N. TI - What is a god?: anthropomorphic and non-anthropomorphic aspects of deity in ancient Mesopotamia T2 - Transactions of the Casco Bay Assyriological Institute SN - 9780967425016 AV - BL2350.I7 W43 2009 U1 - 299.21 PY - 2009/// CY - [Chebeague, Me.], Winona Lake, Ind. PB - Casco Bay Assyriological Institute, Distributed by Eisenbrauns KW - God KW - Congresses KW - Iraq KW - Religion N1 - 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 ER -