"Discover · How the springs at Hierapolis help us understand why Jesus described the church at Laodicea as “lukewarm” · The background and circumstances of certificates of divorce in Judaism · How Jewish dietary laws provided a powerful metaphor for God’s acceptance of the Gentiles Brimming with lavish, full-color photos and graphics, the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary walks you verse by verse through all the books of ..."
The Many Faces of the Goddess(2nd Edition) The iconography of the Syro-Palestinian goddess Anat, Astarte, Qedeshet and Asherah, c.1500-1000 BCE (Orbis Biblicus Et Orientalis) by DrIzakCornelius Hardcover, 207 Pages, Published 2004 by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht ISBN-13: 978-3-7278-1485-3, ISBN: 3-7278-1485-3
"There are a multitude of female figures represented in the art of the ancient Near East and it has often been proved difficult to differentiate them. This study presents a collection of visual source material on godesses from Egypt, Ugarit, Syria and Palestine from c,1500 to 1000 BC. An introduction to the subject and previous research precedes a discussion of iconographic types (armed, seated, standing, equestrian and named women holdi ..."
"In reference to Ephraim Sterns hypothesis that Judah witnessed a religious revolution during the transition between the (Neo)Babylonian and the Persian period, resulting in an imageless monotheism, the contributors discuss the material culture of Persian Period Palestine/Israel. They review the most relevant object genres in the light of new finds and current research and demonstrate continuities and discontinuities in material culture, ..."
The Many Faces of the Goddess(2nd Edition) The Iconography of the Syro-Palestinian Goddesses Anat, Astarte, Qedeshet, and Asherah c. 1500-1000 BCE (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis) by DrIzakCornelius Hardcover, 207 Pages, Published 2008 by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht ISBN-13: 978-3-525-53061-0, ISBN: 3-525-53061-7
"Den antiken semitischen Gottheiten Anat, Astarte, Qedeschet und Ascherah waren gerade in der jüngsten Forschungsgeschichte von großem Interesse. Diese Studie leistet nun einen Beitrag zur Erforschung der Ikonographie dieser Gottheiten im Zeitraum von 1500-1000 vor Christus. Dabei stellt Cornelius nicht nur die verschiedenen ikonographischen Darstellungen detailliert vor und erklärt sie in ihren Eigenheiten, sondern er versucht auch, die ..."
"... the left]; te Velde 1977 plVIII:2) or with the head of a falcon (Keel in Keel/Shuval
/Uehlinger 1990 316, 318-319 figs 94-95; te Velde 1977 pls VIII:2 and IX). 3 Te
Velde (1977 126) says: "...not a single image of Ba'al has been found in Egypt, ..."
"In reference to Ephraim Sterns hypothesis that Judah witnessed a religious revolution during the transition between the (Neo)Babylonian and the Persian period, resulting in an imageless monotheism, the contributors discuss the material culture of Persian Period Palestine/Israel. They review the most relevant object genres in the light of new finds and current research and demonstrate continuities and discontinuities in material culture, ..."