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Incarnation or carnality? Manifestations of the supernatural world in the human world in Mesopotamian ritualistic texts  
Wcielenie czy cielesność? Manifestacje świata nadprzyrodzonego w świecie ludzkim w mezopotamskich tekstach rytualnych

Creator:

Nowicki, Stefan

Subject and Keywords:

ancient Mesopotamia   Sumerian literature   Akkadian literature  
starożytna Mezopotamia   literatura sumeryjska   literatura akadyjska   religia   inkarnacja

Tags:

religion   incarnation

Abstract:

Only very few pieces of source evidence testify to the existence of the concept of incarnation in the understanding of contemporary people in Mesopotamian culture. Descriptions of incarnation appear with unusual rarity in cuneiform texts, while the carnality of beings belonging to the supernatural world is continually emphasised. In ancient Mesopotamia, although people allowed for the possibility of incarnation, it was limited to a divine spirit animating cult statues, or the possession of a human body by a ghost which was unable to find appeasement after death. Because there exists such scant testimony regarding belief in incarnation, we can recognise the belief in the physicality and carnality of all beings, which abrogated the need for gods, demons and spirits to make an additional intervention in manifesting themselves in carnal form.

Publisher:

Instytut Studiów Klasycznych, Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych

Date issued:

2013

Detailed Type:

czasopisma (wydawnictwa ciągłe)

Format:

application/pdf

Identifier:

oai:repozytorium.uni.wroc.pl:79935   ISSN 2449-6901

DOI:

10.23734/WSC.2013.2.53.71

Language:

eng   pol

Rights holder:

Copyright by Stefan Nowicki

wwwDescription:

Wratislaviensium Studia Classica olim Classica Wratislaviensia