From Stone Age to Stellenbosch: Studies on the Ancient Near East in Honour of Izak (Sakkie) Cornelius (Agypten Und Altes Testament, 107)

"The Old Testament scholar Izak (Sakkie) Cornelius has devoted his ongoing scholarly career to the cultures of the ancient Near East (including North Africa and Western Asia). In accordance with a focal point of his scientific research several of the studies assembled in this festschrift are devoted to the images of the divine and to that of goddesses in particular, encompassing the antiquities of Israel/Palestine, Egypt and the Near East"-- Provided by publisher Preface 9 Table of Contents 11 List of Contributors 13 List of Abbreviations 15 van Dijk-Coombes / Swanepoel / Kotzé: FROM STONE AGE TO STELLENBOSCH: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE VOLUME 19 Schroer: WERE GODDESSES ALREADY WORSHIPPED IN THE EARLY CHALCOLITHIC PERIOD? 29 Ikram: A GREAT CAT WALKS SOUTH: A PETROGLYPH FROM KHARGA OASIS (EGYPT) 37 van Dijk-Coombes: THE MANY FACES OF ENHEDUANNA’S INANA: LITERARY IMAGES OF INANA AND THE VISUAL CULTURE FROM THE AKKADIAN TO THE OLD BABYLONIAN PERIOD 43 Oshima / Gruseke : SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY: AN ICONOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF THE GODDESS IN A NIMBUS 63 Frevel: THE MANY FACES OF THE GODDESS: SEKHMET 99 Berlejung: ANOTHER FACE OF THE GODDESS: A TERRACOTTA PLAQUE FROM QUBUR AL-WALAYDAH 125 Nunn: FRAUENBILDNISSE UND IHRE GESTEN 133 Pyschny: FEEDING, NURSING, CARING ... : SOME NOTES ON THE WOMAN AND CHILD FIGURINES FROM PERSIAN PERIOD ISRAEL/PALESTINE 159 Jonker: A CONFLATION OF DIVINE AND ROYAL IMAGERY? THE CASE OF THE WINGED SYMBOL IN ACHAEMENID PERSIA 171 Niehr: DIE BETERSTATUE VON TELL FEKHERIYE ALS DOKUMENT DER KÖNIGSIDEOLOGIE DES HERRSCHERS HADDAYISʿI VON BĪT BAḪIĀNI 181 Leuenberger: YAHWEH AND HIS ASHERAH IN THE THREE PITHOI INSCRIPTIONS FROM KUNTILLET ʿAJRUD: A RE-EVALUATION 197 de Hulster: THE HORIZONTAL DIMENSION OF THE ANCIENT AND BIBLICAL VIEW OF THE WORLD 209 Kotzé: LOOKING AGAIN AT THE NAKEDNESS OF NOAH 217 LeMon: CLAPPING AND SHOUTING IN PSALM 47:2 WITH ATTENTION TO THE ICONOGRAPHY OF APPLAUSE 227 Slabbert / Swanepoel: FAKE, PSEUDO OR TRUE? CLASSIFYING TWO VOTIVE ANIMAL MUMMIES FROM A SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM 239 Masters / Noether: SOUTH AFRICA AND THE ANCIENT WORLD: ARTEFACTS AND THEIR USE IN TEACHING AND OUTREACH 245 Index of Ancient Sources 251 Index of Authors 257 Index of Subjects 263 Leere Seite 2