Moon, Rain, Womb, Mercy The Imagery of The Shrine Model from Tell el-Far‛ah North—Biblical Tirzah For Othmar Keel

Religions

Irit Ziffer¹ 

[1] MUSA, Eretz Israel Museum Tel Aviv, 2 Haim Levanon St., Tel Aviv 6997501, Israel;

关键词: Tell el-Far‛ah North;    shrine model;    moon;    rain;    womb;    mercy;    household religion;   

DOI  :  10.3390/rel10020136

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The present article focuses on the imagery of the shrine model found at Tell el-Far‛ah North, Biblical Tirzah, seat of the ruling dynasty of the Northern Kingdom in the early days of the Israelite monarchy. It examines the multiplicity of connotations, changeability and ambiguity in the representation of the lunar crescent image in the figurative language of the ancient Near East. Finally, the article offers a reconstruction of the model’s place within the cult of the late 10th⁻early 9th century BCE.

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