The Tabernacle Menorah : : A Synthetic Study of a Symbol from the Biblical Cult / / Carol L. Meyers.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Meyers, Carol L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; FOREWORD --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; LIST OF FIGURES --; ABBREVIATIONS --; CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION—METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS --; CHAPTER II: BIBLICAL SOURCES --; CHAPTER III: ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOURCES --; CHAPTER IV: THE SACRED TREE IN ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ICONOGRAPHY --; CHAPTER V: A TYPOLOGY OF TREE MOTIFS IN ANCIENT ISRAEL --; CHAPTER VI: CONCLUSIONS --; FIGURES --; SOURCE OF FIGURES --; BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463209292; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463209292
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Carol L. Meyers.

Through this comprehensive study of the Menorah, Carol Meyers demonstrates that its symbolic value comes to exceed its function as a source of light, for it symbolizes plant life, cosmic power, and ultimately the reality of the presence of the deity in the tabernacle.