10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIERODULE»
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The Archetypal Significance of Gilgamesh: A Modern Ancient Hero
to ask him for a hierodule, that is, a temple prostitute, an Ishtar priestess, to
accompany him and to seduce Enkidu, which Gilgamesh does. The hunter
comes from Gilgamesh's world. It is his task to hunt animals in the wild.
Psychologically this ...
Rivkah Schärf Kluger, H. Yehezkel Kluger, 1991
The Hierodule. In order to proceed in his worldly work — the eradication of
demons — Rama had to face a harrowing ordeal. Sita was to be the victim and it
was she who would have to deal with the continuity and extremes of adversity.
Bettina Liebowitz Knapp, 1997
3
This Scarlet Cord: The Love Story of Rahab
We can bring the hierodule back and start over again.” “I agree,” Tamur said. “It is
imperative that we assure the people that every part of the ritual has been
accomplished.” Farut said, “I think this is how we should proceed. We tell the
people ...
4
The World's Oldest Literature: Studies in Sumerian ...
3) Omniscient one, appropriately summoned as queen of all the lands by the
Hierodule (Inanna), 4) Nanâ, you teach the nation science in Eanna, (barsud) 5)
As good as An, woman of the pure head (?), fitting for the “flying lady” (Inanna), ...
5
A Psychological Interpretation of Ruth: In the Light of ...
The functions of the hierodule or kedeshah were not limited to the holidays. She
played a significant role at the harvest festivals where the hieros gamos, the
sacred marriage, was a central feature (Gaster, pp. 24f, 232ff). The hierodule was
...
6
Women in the Hebrew Bible: A Reader
I am currently engaged in a book-length study of the harlot and the hierodule in
Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern literature and society. (I use the term
hierodule as a provisional class designation for all types of cult-related women, ...
7
Enoch and the Gospel of Matthew
Astour, “tamar the Hierodule,” 185. 66. Ibid., 188. However, Westenholz notes
that from Ugarit there is evidence that the qdšm (the Ugarit equivalent to Astour's
“sacred prostitute”) could marry and have children. Westenholz, “tamar,” 249. 67.
8
The Ancient Near East: An Anthology of Texts and Pictures
144: When a seignior married a hierodule and that hierodule gave a female slave
to her husband and she has then produced children, if that seignior has made up
his mind to marry a lay priestess, they may not allow that seignior, since he ...
James Bennett Pritchard, Daniel E. Fleming, 2011
9
Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
This marriage provides dramatic representation of the union of the exploratory
tendency (incarnated by the king) with the positive aspect of the unknown,
incarnated by the hierodule. Marduk (the king) is originally “shut up,” signifying
his ...
10
How Has the Repression of the Sacred Feminine in the ...
The Sacred Prostitute: The Hierodule Hierodule literally means "sacred servant" (
Qualls-Corbett, 1988, p. 25), referring to the sacred priestesses who lived inside
the temples, usually remained unmarried, tended to myths, organized and ...
Lauren Diana Costine, 2007
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIERODULE»
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Some Time at the Races, With Luck and Change
And Ms. Gordon is a showy enough linguist to make gloriously apt use of the words hierodule, unmiscible and catawamptious. Bet on this: ... «New York Times, Dec 10»
