Born in heaven, made on earth : the making of the cult image in the ancient Near East /

Born in heaven, made on earth : the making of the cult image in the ancient Near East /

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Imprint:	Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 1999.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 243 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Rites and ceremonies -- Middle East. Idols and images -- Middle East. Idols and images. Rites and ceremonies. Middle East. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11101466

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Other authors / contributors:	Dick, Michael Brennan, 1943-
ISBN:	9781575065120 1575065126 1575060248 9781575060248 1575060248 9781575060248
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Other form:	Print version: Born in heaven, made on earth. Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 1999

Table of Contents:

Prophetic parodies of making the cult image / Michael B. Dick
The induction of the cult image in Ancient Mesopotamia : the Mesopotamian mīs pî ritual / Christopher Walker and Michael B. Dick
The theology of cult statues in ancient Egypt / David Lorton
The divine image in contemporary South India : the renaissance of a once maligned tradition / Joanne Punzo Waghorne.