Images of Others : : Iconic Politics in Ancient Israel / / Nathaniel Levtow.

In this volume, Nathaniel Levtow articulately interacts with Mesopotamian and Israelite iconoclastic traditions, locating Israelite polemics against cult images among a spectrum of ancient West Asian literary genres and ritual practices that target the embodied deities of political opponents. Levtow...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
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Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
©2008
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Biblical and Judaic Studies from the University of California, San Diego
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Physical Description:1 online resource (216 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Rites and Writing in Ancient Israel
  • 2. Israelite Icon Parodies
  • 3. Mesopotamian Iconic Ritual
  • 4. Iconic Politics in Ancient Israel
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Indexes