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Jen Singletary – When Things Become Deities (in the ancient Near East)

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Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Christianity

4.8682 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Episode: We all understand that statues were considered divine in the ancient Near East. But what about a god’s sword, or concepts about a god? Could they also be divine? […] The post Jen Singletary – When Things Become Deities (in the ancient Near East) first appeared on OnScript.

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Well, with me today is Jennifer Singletary, who is an assistant research professor at Penn State University in the Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies Department, also in the Jewish Studies Department.

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Her research focuses on the area of Near East and Ancient Near East and Hebrew Bible, And she is currently working on her next book,

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Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy. But today we are talking about her last book, which is objects,

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qualities, and attributes as deities in the Ancient Near East. And it's that as, I guess,

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