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„Kochankowie z Ain Sakhri” w kontekście aktualnych badań nad kultem płodności na terenie Palestyny

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Sobczak K.

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Archaeologica

2015

issue 30

45-54

The main purpose of this article is to demonstrate the possible continuity between early Palestinian cults reconstructed from anthropomorphic figurines and later beliefs. Figurines from the major archeological cultures including: Kebarian, Natufian or Yarmukian indicate a common ceremony of religious character, possibly connected with the cult of fertility. In this contexts particularly noteworthy is so-called „Ain Sakhiri Lovers” figurine which is unique and interpreted as showing a sexual intercourse. By presenting some of the types of early Palestinian anthropomorphic figurines, the author would like to discuss possible connections between earliest artifacts of probable religious meaning with documented religious systems.

The Transition from the Temple of Jupiter to the Great Mosque of Damascus in Architecture and Design

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Sobczak K.

Studia Ceranea

2015

vol. 5

311-320

Great Mosque of Damascus was built between 705 and 715 by the Umayyad Caliph al-Walid I. However, the origins of this building dates to the distant past. At first it was a location of an ancient Aramaean temple dedicated to the god Hadad. With Hellenization the temple was dedicated to Zeus and in the first century BC the Romans transformation it into the Temple of Jupiter Damascenus. In 391 Emperor Theodosius converted the temple into Christian Cathedral of Saint John. Erection of the mosque by Caliph al-Walid I was under strong influence of earlier constructions. Meaning and consequences of such transitions, from the Roman temple (there is almost no data of the Aramaic building) through the Christian Cathedral to the Islamic mosque is an interesting process. Issue not only within the art and architecture, but what is more, in a religious aspect of the continuity of sacred space.

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1 Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Archaeologica

1 Studia Ceranea

2 Sobczak K.

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„Kochankowie z Ain Sakhri” w kontekście aktualnych badań nad kultem płodności na terenie Palestyny

The Transition from the Temple of Jupiter to the Great Mosque of Damascus in Architecture and Design