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Sacred marriages : the divine-human sexual metaphor from Sumer to early Christianity / edited by Martti Nissinen and Risto Uro.

Contributor(s): Nissinen, Martti | Uro, Risto
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: xii, 543 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781575061184 (alk. paper); 157506118X (alk. paper)Subject(s): Marriage -- Religious aspects | SpiritualityDDC classification: 204/.41 Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Sacred marriages, or the divine-human sexual metaphor : introducing the project / Martti Nissinen, Risto Uro -- The Sumerian sacred marriage and its aftermath in later sources / Pirjo Lapinkivi -- Sacred marriage and the transfer of divine knowledge : alliances between the gods and the king in ancient Mesopotamia / Beate Pongratz-Leisten -- Sacred marriage and the devotees of Is̆tar / Saana Teppo -- Sacred marriage in the Ugaritic texts? The case of KTU/CAT 1.23 (Rituals and myths of the goodly gods) / Mark S. Smith -- Sacred marriage in the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt : circumstantial evidence for a ritual interpretation / Mia Rikala -- Hieros gamas in ancient Greek religion : the human aspect of a sacralized ritual / Aphrodite A. Avagianou -- Song of songs and sacred marriage / Martti Nissinen -- Yahweh's broken marriages as metaphoric vehicle in the Hebrew Bible prophets / Peggy L. Day -- The love triangle of Lady Wisdom : sacred marriage in Jewish wisdom literature? / Ruben Zimmerman -- The sons of God and the daughters of men / John J. Collins -- The divine-human marriage matrix and constructions of gender and "bodies" in the Christian Bible / David M. Carr, Colleen M. Conway -- Sacred prostitution in the biblical world? / Kristel Nyberg -- Begotten by the Holy Spirit / Heikki Räisänen -- From the bridegroom's time to the wedding of the lamb : nuptial imagery in the canonical gospels and the Book of Revelation / Kari Syreeni -- The bride of Christ (Ephesians 5:22-33) : a problematic wedding / Carolyn Osiek -- Sex and the single savior / Dale B. Martin -- Divine desires : fantasy and renunciation in the narrative of Mark's gospel / Petri Merenlahti -- Asceticism as a sacred marriage : an essay on Eastern and Western theories / Richard Valantasis -- The bridal chamber and other mysteries : ritual system and ritual transmission in the Valentinian movement / Risto Uro -- Sacred marriage and spiritual knowledge : relations between carnality and salvation in the of John / Ingvild Sælid Gilhus.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Sacred marriages, or the divine-human sexual metaphor : introducing the project / Martti Nissinen, Risto Uro -- The Sumerian sacred marriage and its aftermath in later sources / Pirjo Lapinkivi -- Sacred marriage and the transfer of divine knowledge : alliances between the gods and the king in ancient Mesopotamia / Beate Pongratz-Leisten -- Sacred marriage and the devotees of Is̆tar / Saana Teppo -- Sacred marriage in the Ugaritic texts? The case of KTU/CAT 1.23 (Rituals and myths of the goodly gods) / Mark S. Smith -- Sacred marriage in the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt : circumstantial evidence for a ritual interpretation / Mia Rikala -- Hieros gamas in ancient Greek religion : the human aspect of a sacralized ritual / Aphrodite A. Avagianou -- Song of songs and sacred marriage / Martti Nissinen -- Yahweh's broken marriages as metaphoric vehicle in the Hebrew Bible prophets / Peggy L. Day -- The love triangle of Lady Wisdom : sacred marriage in Jewish wisdom literature? / Ruben Zimmerman -- The sons of God and the daughters of men / John J. Collins -- The divine-human marriage matrix and constructions of gender and "bodies" in the Christian Bible / David M. Carr, Colleen M. Conway -- Sacred prostitution in the biblical world? / Kristel Nyberg -- Begotten by the Holy Spirit / Heikki Räisänen -- From the bridegroom's time to the wedding of the lamb : nuptial imagery in the canonical gospels and the Book of Revelation / Kari Syreeni -- The bride of Christ (Ephesians 5:22-33) : a problematic wedding / Carolyn Osiek -- Sex and the single savior / Dale B. Martin -- Divine desires : fantasy and renunciation in the narrative of Mark's gospel / Petri Merenlahti -- Asceticism as a sacred marriage : an essay on Eastern and Western theories / Richard Valantasis -- The bridal chamber and other mysteries : ritual system and ritual transmission in the Valentinian movement / Risto Uro -- Sacred marriage and spiritual knowledge : relations between carnality and salvation in the of John / Ingvild Sælid Gilhus.

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