Jeremiah and the Assyrian Sacred Tree

Raanan Eichler

doi:10.1163/15685330-12341279

Jeremiah and the Assyrian Sacred Tree

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Abstract

Jeremiah 10:5 contains the collocation tomær miqšāh, which has been interpreted in a variety of ways ranging from "scarecrow in a cucumber field" to "plated pillars". It is argued that the collocation should rather be interpreted as "palm sculpture" and that it refers to a known type of object from the ancient Near East whose depictions are designated by scholars as the "Assyrian sacred tree".

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	403-413
Number of pages	11
Journal	Vetus Testamentum
Volume	67
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/15685330-12341279
State	Published - 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Assyrian sacred tree
Jeremiah 10
aniconism
date palm
iconography
tree

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Language and Linguistics
History
Religious studies
Linguistics and Language
Literature and Literary Theory

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Jeremiah and the Assyrian Sacred Tree

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