The Religion of Babylonia And Assyria
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The transfer of the gods or of some of them to places in the heavens was, as we saw,' a scholastic theory, and not a popular belief. It was a natural association of ideas, accordingly, that led the Babylonians to give to their temples the form of the dwelling which they ascribed to their gods. The temple, in so far as it was erected to serve as a habitation for the god and an homage to him, was to be the reproduction of the cosmic E-Kur, — ' a mountain house ' on a small scale, a miniature Khar...sag-kurkura. In confirmation of this view, it is sufficient to point out that E-Kur is not merely the name of the temple to Bel at Nippur, but is frequently used as a desig- nation for temple in general ; and, moreover, a plural is formed 1 Kosmologie^ pp. 185-195.
* Or Kharsag-gcd-kurkura ; see p. 558.
s See p. 458.
Digitized by VjOOQIC THE TEMPLES AND THE CULT. 615 of the word which is used for divinities.^ In Ass)nia we find one of the oldest temples bearing the name E-kharsag-kurkura,^ that stamps the edifice as the reproduction of the * mountain of all lands'; and there are other temples that likewise bear names ' in which the idea of a mountain is introduced.
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The transfer of the gods or of some of them to places in the heavens was, as we saw,' a scholastic theory, and not a popular belief. It was a natural association of ideas, accordingly, that led the Babylonians to give to their temples the form of the dwelling which they ascribed to their gods. The temple, in so far as it was erected to serve as a habitation for the god and an homage to him, was to be the reproduction of the cosmic E-Kur, — ' a mountain house ' on a small scale, a miniature Khar...sag-kurkura. In confirmation of this view, it is sufficient to point out that E-Kur is not merely the name of the temple to Bel at Nippur, but is frequently used as a desig- nation for temple in general ; and, moreover, a plural is formed 1 Kosmologie^ pp. 185-195.
* Or Kharsag-gcd-kurkura ; see p. 558.
s See p. 458.
Digitized by VjOOQIC THE TEMPLES AND THE CULT. 615 of the word which is used for divinities.^ In Ass)nia we find one of the oldest temples bearing the name E-kharsag-kurkura,^ that stamps the edifice as the reproduction of the * mountain of all lands'; and there are other temples that likewise bear names ' in which the idea of a mountain is introduced.
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