Born in Heaven, Made on Earth
Subtitle: The Making of the Cult Image in the Ancient Near East
By: edited by Michael B. Dick
Contributors: Dick, Michael Brennan, 1943-
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Winona Lake, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9781575060248
Subjects: Rites and ceremonies -- Middle East; Idols and images -- Middle East
Notes: Includes bibliographical references
Table of contents: title: Prophetic parodies of making the cult image / Michael B. Dick; title: The induction of the cult image in Ancient Mesopotamia : the Mesopotamian mīs pî ritual / Christopher Walker and Michael B. Dick; title: The theology of cult statues in ancient Egypt / David Lorton; title: The divine image in contemporary South India : the renaissance of a once maligned tradition / Joanne Punzo Waghorne