Was a Sacred Curtain (Parokhet) Depicted on Portable Shrines in the Ancient Near East?
| Autor: | Yosef Garfinkel, Madeleine Mumcuoglu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Parokhet
Egyptian barks lcsh:BL1-2790 media_common.quotation_subject 050109 social psychology Ancient history 0603 philosophy ethics and religion lcsh:Religions. Mythology. Rationalism portable shrines Paraphernalia Sumerian 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences media_common 060303 religions & theology Middle East 05 social sciences Religious studies Akkadian architectural models 06 humanities and the arts Art language.human_language language Dry climate sacred curtain Byzantine architecture |
| Zdroj: | Religions, Vol 11, Iss 469, p 469 (2020) Religions Volume 11 Issue 9 |
| ISSN: | 2077-1444 |
| Popis: | The Parokhet, or sacred curtain, was an important item of cultic paraphernalia in the ancient Near East. It is known from the Sumerian and Akkadian texts, the biblical tradition, the Second Temple in Jerusalem, Greek temples, and synagogues of the Roman and Byzantine eras, and is still in use today. We suggest that such a sacred curtain is depicted on several of the miniature clay objects known as portable shrines. In Egypt, thanks to the dry climate, a miniature curtain of this kind has indeed been preserved in association with a portable shrine. Depictions of shrines on Egyptian sacred barks also include life-size curtains. |
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