Jeremiah and the Assyrian Sacred Tree

Jeremiah 10:5 contains the collocation tomær miqšāh, which has been interpreted in a variety of ways ranging from “scarecrow in a cucumber field” to “plated pillars”. It is argued that the collocation should rather be interpreted as “palm sculpture” and that it refers to a known type of object from...

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Autor principal: Aikhler, Raʿanan 1980- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Brill 2017
En: Vetus Testamentum
Año: 2017, Volumen: 67, Número: 3, Páginas: 403-413
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Bibel. Jeremia 10,5 / Assyrien / Árbol sagrado
Clasificaciones IxTheo:BC Antiguo Oriente ; Religión
HB Antiguo Testamento
Otras palabras clave:B Jeremiah 10 Assyrian sacred tree tree date palm iconography aniconism
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Sumario:Jeremiah 10:5 contains the collocation tomær miqšāh, which has been interpreted in a variety of ways ranging from “scarecrow in a cucumber field” to “plated pillars”. It is argued that the collocation should rather be interpreted as “palm sculpture” and that it refers to a known type of object from the ancient Near East whose depictions are designated by scholars as the “Assyrian sacred tree”.
ISSN:1568-5330
Obras secundarias:In: Vetus Testamentum
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685330-12341279