No Graven Image?
Tryggve N. D. Mettinger · 1995
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About the book
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.
Book details
- Year
- 1995
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Coronet Books
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 252
- ISBN
- 9789122016649
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