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- From Ritual to God in the Ancient Near East
- From Ritual to God in the Ancient Near East
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Interpreting Religious Materiality in the Ancient Near East
- Part I In the Name of the Spirits
- 1 Materializing the Human Body
- 2 Sacred Nature
- Part II For the Glory of the Gods
- Part III A New Era
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
1 - Materializing the Human Body
The Cult of the Ancestors among Ancient Near Eastern Societies
from Part I - In the Name of the Spirits
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 May 2024
- From Ritual to God in the Ancient Near East
- From Ritual to God in the Ancient Near East
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Interpreting Religious Materiality in the Ancient Near East
- Part I In the Name of the Spirits
- 1 Materializing the Human Body
- 2 Sacred Nature
- Part II For the Glory of the Gods
- Part III A New Era
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter will focus on the analysis of the available traces of ancestor cults in the ancient Near East from prehistoric periods to the first millennium BC, with a specific focus on the cult of plastered skulls of the prehistoric Levant and the stone circles of southeastern Turkey.
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- From Ritual to God in the Ancient Near EastTracing the Origins of Religion, pp. 23 - 46Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024