Cult Image and Divine Representation In The Ancient Near East

Whiel biblical prophets ridiculed the notion of humans fashioning and idol that they would then worship, ancient Near Eastern theologians developed a sophisticated religious system in which divine beings could be physically manifest within the material of a cultic image without being limited by that embodiment. The four essays in this compact volume examine the intriguing subject of cultic images and divine iconography in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatiolia and syria-Palestine. This interesting and eclectic group of essays explores the textual and artifactual evidence for the creation and veneration of divine images in the ancient Near East. The recent resurgence of scholarly interest in the study of divine representation in ancient Israel and the Near East makes this comprehensive reexamination especially timely.Walls, Neal H. is the author of 'Cult Image and Divine Representation In The Ancient Near East ', published 2005 under ISBN 9780897570688 and ISBN 0897570685.