SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE GODS IN DWELLINGS 2013 RETAIL EBOOK-kE

TITLE: GODS IN DWELLINGS: TEMPLES AND DIVINE PRESENCE IN THE
ANCIENT NEAR EAST (WRITINGS FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD
SUPPLEMENTS) (SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE WRITINGS
FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD SUPPLEMENT)
PUBLISHER: SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LINK: http://is.gd/IhoVUf RELEASE TYPE: RETAIL
FORMAT: PDF RELEASE DATE: 2015.01.25
ISBN: 9781589839182 STORE DATE: 2013
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AUTHOR: MICHAEL B. HUNDLEY

BOOK

In this book devoted exclusively to temples and perceptions of
the divine presences that inhabit them, Michael B. Hundley
focuses on the official religions of the ancient Near East and
explores the interface between the human and the divine within
temple environs

Hundley identifies common ancient Near Eastern temple systems and
examines issues that include what temple structures communicate
how temples were understood to function, temple ideology, the
installation of divine presence in a temple, the connection
between presence and physical representation, and human service
to the deity

Drawing on architectural and spatial theory, ritual theory
theories of language, art history, archaeology, sociocultural
anthropology, and comparative studies, Hundley offers a single
interpretive lens through which to view temple worship

Features:
* A close examination of temples in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Hittite
Anatolia, and Syria-Palestine * An interdisciplinary treatment of
architecture, language, ritual, and art * A dual focus on how a
deity's divine presence connects to space and art and how human
service to the deity maintains the deity's active presence