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The Assyrian Sacred Tree: A History of Interpretations

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Author(s): Mariana Giovino
Series: Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis (Book 230)
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Year: 2007

Language: English
Commentary: Ancient Mesopotamia History, Assyria, Babylonia & Sumer History
Pages: 322

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 5
1. The Garden of Eden......Page 17
2. Asherah and May-pole......Page 29
3. The date palm......Page 35
4. Fertilization......Page 39
5. Genies and cherubim......Page 47
6. The cone, the bucket and the climate......Page 53
7. Fertilization triumphant......Page 69
8. Resistance to the fertilization theory......Page 85
9. Climatic considerations......Page 99
10. Bucket and cone revisited......Page 111
11. Similarity and symbolism......Page 121
12. Trees of life, fortune and abundance......Page 137
13. Apkallu and kuribu......Page 145
14. Kinds of thing......Page 153
15. Construction work......Page 165
16. The Khorsabad material......Page 171
17. Artificial trees......Page 185
18. Artifice and the AST......Page 199
Bibliography......Page 211
Index......Page 239
List of Figures......Page 245
Figures......Page 251
ORBIS BIBLICUS ET ORIENTALIS......Page 315
ORBIS BIBLICUS ET ORIENTALIS, SERIESARCHAEOLOGICA......Page 320
Abstract......Page 322