Date rape: the agricultural and astronomical background of the Sumerian sacred marriage and Genesis 38
The differentiated sexuality of the date palm and its artificial fertilization were the subject of many ancient Near Eastern myths. This paper argues that much of the Sumerian sacred marriage between Inanna and Dumuzi celebrated during the spring New Year is an anthropomorphization of the date palm&...
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| Medienart: | Druck Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Taylor & Francis
2002
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Scandinavian journal of the Old Testament
Jahr: 2002, Band: 16, Heft: 2, Seiten: 283-292 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Sumerer
/ Hieros gamos
/ Dattelpalme
/ Tamar, Schwiegertocher Judas, Biblische Person
/ Bibel. Genesis 38
B Sumerisch / Literatur |
| RelBib Classification: | BC Altorientalische Religionen HB Altes Testament TC Vorchristliche Zeit ; Alter Orient |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Bibel. Genesis 38
B Astronomie B Tamar Schwiegertocher Judas, Biblische Person |
| Zusammenfassung: | The differentiated sexuality of the date palm and its artificial fertilization were the subject of many ancient Near Eastern myths. This paper argues that much of the Sumerian sacred marriage between Inanna and Dumuzi celebrated during the spring New Year is an anthropomorphization of the date palm's artificial fertilization and vernal astronomical observations. The story of Judah and Tamar in Genesis 38 is also argued to have originated from the same source. |
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| ISSN: | 0901-8328 |
| Enthält: | In: Scandinavian journal of the Old Testament
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