Liminality and Canaanite Cultic Spaces: Temple Entrances, Status Transformations and Ritual in Threshold Contexts

This article investigates the applicability of the concept of liminality to the archaeological analysis of temple thresholds, with a primary focus on the Bronze Age southern Levant. Previously, studies on cultic spaces have emphasized temple cellae as the central focal point of ritual. In contrast,...

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Main Author: Susnow, Matthew (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2022
In: Palestine exploration quarterly
Year: 2022, Volume: 154, Issue: 1, Pages: 2-21
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ritual / Doorstep / Liminality / Temple / Cella
RelBib Classification:HH Archaeology
KBL Near East and North Africa
TB Antiquity
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