September 26, 2012
stoekl, « abstract Zuckerman », Lieux de culte M.M.S.H., ID : 10670/1.2xh9sz
The Life, Death and Long After-life of a Canaanite Temple Sharon Zuckerman The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The phenomenon of conservatism and long-endurance of sacred space is well-known in the multi-period tells of the Ancient Near East, and was demonstrated and analysed in many regional and temporal case-studies. Temples were erected in the same place for centuries and even millennia, and sacred precincts retained their basic plan and ritual significance despite political and cultural tr...