Sumerians in Light of Eliade’s Concept of Sacredness

Yeşim Dilek

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Sumerians in Light of Eliade’s Concept of Sacredness

Authors:

Yeşim Dilek

Publisher:

Istanbul University

Main Topics:

Din Araştırmaları

Journal:

darulfunun ilahiyat Vol.34 Issue 1, pp.243-255

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2023

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001293193

pISSN:

2651-5083

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Abstract:

 One of the most important phenomena that constituted the thought, religion, social, and cultural structure of antiquity was ab-origina, which includes concepts such as the prototype of everything being in the past, doing everything as it was done in the past, and doing everything because it was done in the past, and this phenomenon pushed the people of antiquity to create a society that stood against difference and change. As Eliade emphasizes, that truth can only be gained by practice or involvement because an object or activity only becomes genuine when it imitates or replicates an archetype. The replication of models created by divine action at a legendary beginning time is essential to human behavior in a mythologically-based world, and this is commonly denoted by the phrases in illo tempore or ab origina. Sumerians, who created a brilliant culture in ancient Mesopotamia, were unique and personified people who experienced ab-origina and manifested divinity in their people. The aim of this study is to interpret the sacredness Sumerian society in terms of Eliades perception.

 One of the most important phenomena that constituted the thought, religion, social, and cultural structure of antiquity was ab-origina, which includes concepts such as the prototype of everything being in the past, doing everything as it was done in the past, and doing everything because it was done in the past, and this phenomenon pushed the people of antiquity to create a society that stood against difference and change. As Eliade emphasizes, that truth can only be gained by practice or involvement because an object or activity only becomes genuine when it imitates or replicates an archetype. The replication of models created by divine action at a legendary beginning time is essential to human behavior in a mythologically-based world, and this is commonly denoted by the phrases in illo tempore or ab origina. Sumerians, who created a brilliant culture in ancient Mesopotamia, were unique and personified people who experienced ab-origina and manifested divinity in their people. The aim of this study is to interpret the sacredness Sumerian society in terms of Eliades perception.

 One of the most important phenomena that constituted the thought, religion, social, and cultural structure of antiquity was ab-origina, which includes concepts such as the prototype of everything being in the past, doing everything as it was done in the past, and doing everything because it was done in the past, and this phenomenon pushed the people of antiquity to create a society that stood against difference and change. As Eliade emphasizes, that truth can only be gained by practice or involvement because an object or activity only becomes genuine when it imitates or replicates an archetype. The replication of models created by divine action at a legendary beginning time is essential to human behavior in a mythologically-based world, and this is commonly denoted by the phrases in illo tempore or ab origina. Sumerians, who created a brilliant culture in ancient Mesopotamia, were unique and personified people who experienced ab-origina and manifested divinity in their people. The aim of this study is to interpret the sacredness Sumerian society in terms of Eliades perception.

 Antikçağ düşünce, dini, sosyal ve kültürel yapısını oluşturan en önemli olgulardan biri ab-origina olarak adlandırılan her şeyin prototipinin geçmişte olduğu, her şeyi geçmişte olduğu gibi yapma yapılan her şeyin geçmişte yapıldığı için yapılması gibi kavramları içine alan bu olgu antikçağ insanını farklılığa ve değişime karşı duran bir toplum yaratmaya itmiştir. Eliadenin vurguladığı gibi, hakikat ancak uygulama veya katılımla kazanılabilir çünkü bir nesne veya faaliyet ancak bir arketipi taklit ettiğinde veya kopyaladığında hakiki hale gelir. Efsanevi bir başlangıç zamanında ilahi eylem tarafından yaratılan modellerin kopyalanması, mitolojik temelli bir dünyada insan davranışı için esastır ve bu genellikle in illo tempore veya ab origina ifadeleriyle belirtilir. Antik Mezopotamyada parlak bir kültür yaratan Sümerler, ab-originayı deneyimlemiş ve kutsallığın bir halk üzerinde tezahür ettiği eşsiz ve kişileştirilmiş bir halktır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Sümerler olarak adlandırılan bir toplumun kutsallığını Eliadein algısı açısından yorumlamaktır.

Article Details

Sumerians in Light of Eliade’s Concept of Sacredness

Authors:

Yeşim Dilek

Publisher:

Istanbul University

Main Topics:

Din Araştırmaları

Journal:

darulfunun ilahiyat Vol.34 Issue 1, pp.243-255

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2023

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001293193

pISSN:

2651-5083

Ancient Religion

Ab-origina

Sacred People

Sumerians

RitualsAntik Din

Ab-origina

Kutsal Halk

Sümerler

Rituals

Issues

Article Details

Authors: Yeşim Dilek

Publisher: Istanbul University

Main Topics: Din Araştırmaları

Journal: darulfunun ilahiyat Vol.34 Issue 1, pp.243-255

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 7/2023

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001293193

pISSN: 2651-5083

Issues

Authors:

Yeşim Dilek

Publisher:

Istanbul University

Main Topics:

Din Araştırmaları

Journal:

darulfunun ilahiyat Vol.34 Issue 1, pp.243-255

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2023

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001293193

pISSN:

2651-5083