Buch, Französisch, Band Volume 266, 312 Seiten
Reihe: Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis
Buch, Französisch, Band Volume 266, 312 Seiten
Reihe: Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis
ISBN: 978-3-7278-1758-8
Verlag: Peeters Publishers
The purpose of this book is to shed new light on the aniconic cults of
the ancient Near East, where previously standing stone cults of Semitic
and Anatolian populations were invariably studied separately. The study
offers a synthetic view of all the information currently available and
then proceeds to a renewed interpretation of cultic standing stones in
Late Bronze Age Emar. At the end of the fourteenth century BCE, Aštata
and Emar entered the Hittite sphere of influence. While previous
scholars have discussed matters of Hittite administration in Emar, they
have little studied religious aspects, considering that the Hittites
were tolerant in these matters. However, a close analysis of various
Emar rites related to cultic standing stones leads us to acknowledge
that the Hittite conquest of Aštata had repercussions also on local
religious life.
The impact of the Hittite conquest on local religious life is also
underscored by more indirect proof beyond the religious texts. A very
important letter, Emar 271, describes how a local boy is to feed Hittite
deities at Emar. One subsequently understands that all the deities are
to be worshipped in a Hittite way, not so unusual as it were since the
Hittites considered Emar as part of their Empire. Administrative
documents further depict the Hittites’ involvement in Hittite cults at
Emar, and some cult inventories written in Akkadian show that some of
the diviners’ activities were similar to those of the Bel Madgalti.
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the ancient Near East, where previously standing stone cults of Semitic
and Anatolian populations were invariably studied separately. The study
offers a synthetic view of all the information currently available and
then proceeds to a renewed interpretation of cultic standing stones in
Late Bronze Age Emar. At the end of the fourteenth century BCE, Aštata
and Emar entered the Hittite sphere of influence. While previous
scholars have discussed matters of Hittite administration in Emar, they
have little studied religious aspects, considering that the Hittites
were tolerant in these matters. However, a close analysis of various
Emar rites related to cultic standing stones leads us to acknowledge
that the Hittite conquest of Aštata had repercussions also on local
religious life.
The impact of the Hittite conquest on local religious life is also
underscored by more indirect proof beyond the religious texts. A very
important letter, Emar 271, describes how a local boy is to feed Hittite
deities at Emar. One subsequently understands that all the deities are
to be worshipped in a Hittite way, not so unusual as it were since the
Hittites considered Emar as part of their Empire. Administrative
documents further depict the Hittites’ involvement in Hittite cults at
Emar, and some cult inventories written in Akkadian show that some of
the diviners’ activities were similar to those of the Bel Madgalti.
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