Abstract
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".
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 403-413 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Vetus Testamentum |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Keywords
- Assyrian sacred tree
- Jeremiah 10
- aniconism
- date palm
- iconography
- tree
RAMBI Publications
- RAMBI Publications
- Bible -- Jeremiah -- X, 5 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Bible -- Jeremiah -- Language, style
- Hebrew language, Biblical -- Terms and phrases
- Trees -- Religious aspects
- Trees in the Bible
- Idolatry -- Middle East -- History
- Assyria -- Religion
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