In Ps 8:6, however, man is not said to be
clothed with glory and honor but crowned (ʿṭr) with them. With his choice of the verb
ʿṭr, the psalmist emphasizes the focal point of the
kābôd and
hādār as the area above the shoulders surrounding the head, precisely where signature elements, divine symbols, and the
melammu were located on Mesopotamian deities and kings.—
The "Image of God" in the Garden of Eden, page 164
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