Cultic Kisses

Fruitful Encounters Between Deities and Humans. Festschrift for Angelika Berlejung on the Occasion of Her 65th Birthday

Contributions by Roderich Barth Contributions by Gideon Bohak Contributions by Izak Cornelius Contributions by Michèle Daviau Contributions by Alexander Deeg Contributions by Volker Erbacher Contributions by Jan Dietrich Contributions by Judith Filitz Contributions by Marco Frenschkowski Contributions by Christian Frevel Contributions by Laura Gonnermann Contributions by Felix Hagemeyer Contributions by Nils P. Heeßel Contributions by Raik Heckl Contributions by Bernd Janowski Contributions by Louis Jonker Contributions by Assaf Kleiman Contributions by Rüdiger Lux Contributions by Hans-Peter Mathys Contributions by Aren M. Maeir Contributions by Stefan M. Maul Contributions by Stefan Münger Contributions by Franziska Naether Contributions by Herbert Niehr Contributions by Manfred Oeming Contributions by Oded Lipschits Contributions by Takayoshi Oshima Contributions by Emanuel Pfoh Contributions by Joachim Friedrich Quack Contributions by Dalit Rom-Shiloni Contributions by Harald Samuel Contributions by Konrad Schmid Contributions by Omer Sergi Contributions by Michael P. Streck Contributions by Christoph Uehlinger Contributions by Ann E. Killebrew Contributions by Thomas Wagner Contributions by Renate van Dijk-Coombes Edited by Jan Dietrich Edited by Judith E. Filitz Series edited by Angelika Berlejung Series edited by Jan Dietrich Series edited by Enrique Jiménez

Book cover: Cultic Kisses

Extent: 718 pages

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Subjects: Religious Studies

Series: Vetus Testamentum et Orbis Antiquus

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(February 2026)

ISBN: 9783525573679

6.34 x 9.49 inches

Price: $188.00

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How fruitful encounters between deities and humans have looked like in the past or may look like today


This anthology explores the fruitful encounters between deities and humans, drawing on a broad spectrum of research and discoveries ranging from ancient Levantine archaeology and iconography to history. It also includes studies from Assyriology and Egyptology as well as several contributions from Hebrew Bible studies, New Testament studies, Jewish studies as well as from dogmatic and practical theology. Taking Angelika Berlejung’s 2021-article “Refreshed Cultic Kisses: Forms of Encounter Between Gods and Humans” as a starting point, this anthology deepens our understanding of how fruitful encounters between deities and humans have looked like in the past or may look like today.

  • Contributions by Roderich Barth
  • Contributions by Gideon Bohak
  • Contributions by Izak Cornelius
  • Contributions by Michèle Daviau
  • Contributions by Alexander Deeg
  • Contributions by Volker Erbacher
  • Contributions by Jan Dietrich
  • Contributions by Judith Filitz
  • Contributions by Marco Frenschkowski
  • Contributions by Christian Frevel
  • Contributions by Laura Gonnermann
  • Contributions by Felix Hagemeyer
  • Contributions by Nils P. Heeßel
  • Contributions by Raik Heckl
  • Contributions by Bernd Janowski
  • Contributions by Louis Jonker
  • Contributions by Assaf Kleiman
  • Contributions by Rüdiger Lux
  • Contributions by Hans-Peter Mathys
  • Contributions by Aren M. Maeir
  • Contributions by Stefan M. Maul
  • Contributions by Stefan Münger
  • Contributions by Franziska Naether
  • Contributions by Herbert Niehr
  • Contributions by Manfred Oeming
  • Contributions by Oded Lipschits
  • Contributions by Takayoshi Oshima
  • Contributions by Emanuel Pfoh
  • Contributions by Joachim Friedrich Quack
  • Contributions by Dalit Rom-Shiloni
  • Contributions by Harald Samuel
  • Contributions by Konrad Schmid
  • Contributions by Omer Sergi
  • Contributions by Michael P. Streck
  • Contributions by Christoph Uehlinger
  • Contributions by Ann E. Killebrew
  • Contributions by Thomas Wagner
  • Contributions by Renate van Dijk-Coombes
  • Edited by Jan Dietrich
  • Edited by Judith E. Filitz
  • Series edited by Angelika Berlejung
  • Series edited by Jan Dietrich
  • Series edited by Enrique Jiménez