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No graven image? : Israelite aniconism in its ancient Near Eastern context

Title: No graven image? : Israelite aniconism in its ancient Near Eastern context / Tryggve N.D. Mettinger.
Author: Mettinger, Tryggve N. D.
Publication: Stockholm : Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1995.

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Description

252 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"An important book about a remarkable phenomenon. This is the first in-depth study of Israelite aniconism in the light of comparative material from the ancient Near East. In an introductory chapter Dr. Mettinger introduces a distinction between de facto aniconism and programmatic prohibition of images. He then goes on to demonstrate that de facto aniconism was a conventional practice in several West Semitic cultures. Finally, he sketches the development from West Semitic aniconism (with aniconic stelae as symbols of the divine) to Israelite iconoclasm."--Jacket

Series Statement

Coniectanea biblica. Old Testament series ; 42

Uniform Title

Coniectanea biblica. Old Testament series ; 42.

Alternative Title

Israelite aniconism in its ancient Near Eastern context

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-230) and indexes.

ISBN

9122016643
9789122016649

LCCN

2014412387

OCLC

ocm32580053
32580053
SCSB-470449

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library