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Ekur as the “temple” (1)

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11 Language, communication, libraries and education





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Hebrew language
Hittite language
Mandaic language
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Aramaic culture
Hebrew texts
Hittite culture
Jewish philosophers and scholars
Mandean culture

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The Mesopotamian term for “temple”, ekur, became a loanword in several Aramaic dialects - in Mandaic ˁkura means “pagan temple, shrine, high place; temple-spirit, demon of the temple”. In Targum the word occurs as איגורא, and in the Jewish magic bowls as עכורי. The Hittite word hekur - “rock-sanctuary” is also probably borrowed from Mesopotamia.

Bibliography

Drower and Macuch 1963, 349Drower, E. S. and R. Macuch. A Mandaic Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1963.
Montgomery 1913, 72Montgomery, James A. Aramaic Incantation Texts from Nippur. Museum Publications of the Babylonian Section 3. Philadelphia: University Museum 1913.

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