Actions for Images of others : iconic politics in ancient Israel

Email RIS file
Bookmark
Report an Issue

Images of others : iconic politics in ancient Israel / Nathaniel B. Levtow

Author
Levtow, Nathaniel B.
Published
Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2008.
Physical Description
xii, 211 pages ; 24 cm.

Availability

Browse Nearby on Shelf
I Want It
I Want It

Finding items...

Series
Contents
Introduction. Interpretive traditions : idolatry, dualism, monotheism, aniconism ; Redescribing Israelite parodies of iconic cult -- Rites and writing in ancient Israel. Ritual and power ; Classification ; Social formation -- Israelite icon parodies. An innovative genre of the exilic age ; Jeremiah 10:1-16 -- The icon parodies of Second Isaiah ; Psalms 115 and 135 ; Literary history, social history, and interpretive power ; Classification and social formation ; Mesopotamian iconic ritual. The Mesopotamian cult image : ancient evidence and modern interpretations ; The induction of the cult image in Mesopotamia : the mīs pî ritual ; Iconic aspects of Mesopotamian warfare and historiography ; The enthronement of the supreme deity ; Mesopotamian iconic politics and Israelite icon parodies -- Iconic politics in ancient Israel. Iconic traditions in the Hebrew Bible ; The Ark Narrative ; Deuteronomistic iconic political discourse ; Ezekiel and the departure of Yahweh ; Israelite aniconism or Israelite iconic politics? -- Conclusion. Classification and cult.
Subject(s)
ISBN
9781575061467 (hardback : alk. paper)
1575061465 (hardback : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-193) and indexes.
Source of Acquisition
UP-PAT copy: Purchased with funds from the Floyd B. and Naomi A. Fischer Libraries Endowment; 20089.
Endowment Note
Floyd B. and Naomi A. Fischer Libraries Endowment
View MARC record | catkey: 4666860