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Icon : : Studies in the History of An Idea / / Luci Serrano, Moshe Barasch.

Over the centuries, European debate about the nature and status of images of God and sacred figures has often upset the established order and shaken societies to their core. Out of this debate, an identifiable doctrine has emerged of the image in general and of the divine image in particular. This f...

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Barasch, Moshe,
Serrano, Luci,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020]
©1992
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE. Reflections in Classical Antiquity
  • I. The Biblical Prohibition of Images
  • 2. Antiquity I: The Animated Image
  • 3. Antiquity II: Against the Images of Gods
  • 4. Resemblance: The Internal Development of the Concept
  • PART TWO. The Icon in Early Christian Thought 93
  • 5. Early Christian Apologists
  • 6. Tertullian
  • 7. Origen
  • 8. Eusebius
  • 9. Dionysius Areopagita: "Poetic" Theology
  • PART THREE. The Doctrine of the Icon
  • 10. In Defense of Images: John of Damascus
  • 11. The Icon and the Doctrine of Art: Theodore of Studion
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index

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