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Up, Up, or Away?. Exploring Vertical and Horizontal Conceptualizations of Sacred Space in Ezekiel 40-42 Jacob Rennaker Claremont Graduate University. An artist’s reconstruction of the ziggurat of Ur restored by Nabonidus (last king of the Neo-Babylonian empire: 556-539 BCE). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Up, Up, or Away?
Exploring Vertical and Horizontal Conceptualizations of Sacred Space
in Ezekiel 40-42
Jacob Rennaker
Claremont Graduate University
An artist’s reconstruction of the ziggurat of Ur restored by Nabonidus (last king of the Neo-Babylonian empire: 556-539 BCE).
Solomon’s temple (according to the Simpsons)
From Sargon II’s (721-705 BCE) throne room façade at Khorsabad [Oriental Institute, University of Chicago]
Gate of Sargon II’s citadel at Khorsabad
From the palace of Ashurnasirpal (883-859 BCE) at Nimrud [Metropolitan Museum of Art]
