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Figurines in Achaemenid period Yehud : Jerusalem's history of religion and coroplastics in the monotheism debate
- Title
- Figurines in Achaemenid period Yehud : Jerusalem's history of religion and coroplastics in the monotheism debate / Izaak J. de Hulster.
- Author
- Hulster, Izaak J. de (Izaak Jozias)
- Publication
- Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2017]
- ©2017
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- Description
- xiv, 225 pages : illustrations, maps, plans; 25 cm
- Summary
- Were there figurines in Yehud during the Achaemenid period, and in particular in Jerusalem? A positive answer to this question disproves the general consensus about the absence of figurines in Yehud, which is built on the assumption that the figurines excavated in Judah/Yehud are chronologically indicative for Iron Age II in this area (aside from a few typological exceptions). Ephraim Stern and others have taken this alleged absence of figurines as indicative of Jewish monotheism's rise. Izaak J. de Hulster refutes this 'no figurines - monotheism' paradigm by detailed study of the figurines from Yigal Shiloh's excavation in the 'City of David' (especially their contexts in Stratum 9), providing ample evidence for the presence of figurines in post-587/586 Jerusalem. The author further reflects on the paradigm's premises in archaeology, history, the history of religion, theology, and biblical studies, and particularly in coroplastics (figurine studies).
- Series Statement
- Orientalische Religionen in der Antike : Ägypten, Israel, alter Orient = Oriental religions in antiquity : Egypt, Israel, ancient Near East, 1869-0513 ; 26
- Uniform Title
- Orientalische Religionen in der Antike ; 26.
- Subjects
- Religion
- Figurines
- Terra-cotta figurines, Ancient > Yehud (Persian province)
- Antiquities
- Middle East > Jerusalem
- Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C
- Monotheism > Jerusalem > Historiography
- Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
- Judaism and art > Historiography
- Terra-cotta figurines, Ancient > Jerusalem
- ʻIr Daṿid (Jerusalem) > Antiquities
- Note
- Based on the author's habilitation thesis, Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, 2017.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-2051
- ISBN
- 9783161555503
- 3161555503
- LCCN
- 9783161555503
- OCLC
- 1017095218
- Author
- Hulster, Izaak J. de (Izaak Jozias), author.
- Title
- Figurines in Achaemenid period Yehud : Jerusalem's history of religion and coroplastics in the monotheism debate / Izaak J. de Hulster.
- Publisher
- Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Orientalische Religionen in der Antike : Ägypten, Israel, alter Orient = Oriental religions in antiquity : Egypt, Israel, ancient Near East, 1869-0513 ; 26Orientalische Religionen in der Antike ; 26.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9783161555503
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-2051