What is a god?
Subtitle: anthropomorphic and non-anthropomorphic aspects of deity in ancient Mesopotamia
By: edited by Barbara Nevling Porter.
Contributors: Porter, Barbara N.
Series: Proceedings of the Casco Bay Assyriological Institute -- 2
Publisher: Casco Bay Assyriological Institute; Distributed by Eisenbrauns
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Chebeague, ME]; Winona Lake, Ind
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780967425016
Subjects: God -- Congresses; Mesopotamia -- Religion -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: Proceedings of a conference held in Sept. 2004 in Chebeague, Me.

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