“… unlike Gudea, who needed to virtually pry the
details of the plan out of the deity through cultic means, this
information is readily forthcoming in ancient Israel (Exodus 25:1-9; 1
Chronicles 28:11-19; Ezekiel 40-42)”.
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If ensi Gudea of Girsu (and Lagash) was, as I (Damien Mackey)
believe, King Solomon of Jerusalem (and Lachish):
Yahweh,
Solomon, Jerusalem - Ningirsu, Gudea and Girsu
(3) Yahweh, Solomon, Jerusalem -
Ningirsu, Gudea and Girsu
but totally mis-dated and mis-placed, then the following brief article:
David's God-Given Temple Plan Echoes the Dream of Gudea |
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David's God-Given Temple Plan Echoes the Dream
of Gudea
has David and Gudea back-to-front.
Gudea
Cylinders A v 3
The Building of Ningirsu's Temple
Ancient Near East, Sumerian
1 and she was consulting it internally. 2 Second,
there was a warrior: 3 he flexed his arm; a tablet of
lapis lazuli he held in his hand, 4 and for the temple a plan
he made. 5 Before me a holy carrying-basket was placed; 6 a
holy brick-mold was set in order, 7 and the brick of destiny
was placed for me in the mold. 8 In a fine sacred vessel
standing before me, 9 bird-men passed the time pouring water
ceaselessly; 10 and a donkey stallion at the right hand of my
lord kept pawing the ground for me.”
1
Chronicles 28:19
Hebrew Bible
18 and for the refined gold of the incense
altar. He gave him the blueprint for the seat of the gold cherubim that spread
their wings and provide shelter for the ark of the Lord’s covenant. 19 David
said, “All this I put in writing as the Lord directed me and gave me insight
regarding the details of the blueprints.” 20 David said to his
son Solomon: “Be strong and brave! Do it! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! For
the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before
all the work for the service of the Lord’s temple is finished.
Notes and References
#5604
... In the Gudea Cylinders and other Ancient Near
Eastern temple building texts, the construction of a divinely pleasing
sanctuary necessarily involved receiving and following a detailed and divinely
revealed plan. The same is true in the Bible, but unlike Gudea, who needed to
virtually pry the details of the plan out of the deity
through cultic means, this information is readily forthcoming in
ancient Israel (Exodus 25:1-9; 1 Chronicles 28:11-19; Ezekiel 40-42). The
revealed tabnit 'plan' or 'pattern' of the biblical tabernacle, the
temple, and their furniture (see specifically Exodus 25:9, 40; 26:30; 27:8;
Joshua 22:28; 1 Chronicles 28:11-12, 19; compare Ezekiel 43:10-12) corresponds
to both the gis-hur ('plan') of the temple and the visionary picture of the
completed sanctuary in the Gudea Cylinders. Gudea Statue B, on which is
inscribed a shorter but parallel account of the building of the new Eninnu, has
the ruler sitting with a tablet resting on his lap. On the tablet there is a
diagram of a walled-in area with six gate areas ...
Richard E. Averbeck, “The Cylinders of Gudea,” in The
Context of Scripture, Volume II: Monumental Inscriptions from the Biblical
World, ed. William W. Hallo and K. Lawson Younger Jr. (Leiden: Brill,
2003), 420.
For more, see my articles:
Solomon,
Gudea and Ezekiel
(3) Solomon, Gudea and Ezekiel
Goodbye,
not hello, to Girsu at Tello
(3) Goodbye, not
hello, to Girsu at Tello
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