Divine Image
Cover -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: Aniconism and the Imago Dei -- Origins of Aniconism -- The Prophetic Contribution to the Aniconism Debate -- Aniconism and Anthropomorphism -- The Structure of the Book -- Chapter 2: Idol Polemics -- The Polemic Against the Idols Passages...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Tübingen
Mohr Siebeck
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Jill Middlemas, The divine image. Prophetic aniconic rhetoric and its contribution to the Aniconism debate (FAT II ; 74)] (2016) (Schöpflin, Karin, 1956 -)
The Divine Image. Prophetic Aniconic Rhetoric and Its Contribution to the Aniconism Debate (2017) (Dick, Michael B.) |
| Series/Journal: | Forschungen Zum Alten Testament 2. Reihe
v.74 |
| Further subjects: | B
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Divine Image: |
| Summary: | Cover -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: Aniconism and the Imago Dei -- Origins of Aniconism -- The Prophetic Contribution to the Aniconism Debate -- Aniconism and Anthropomorphism -- The Structure of the Book -- Chapter 2: Idol Polemics -- The Polemic Against the Idols Passages -- PAI Passages in Second Isaiah -- PAI Passages in Jeremiah and Habakkuk -- Summary of Aniconic Strategies in the PAI Passages -- Idol Polemics -- Terms of Divinity -- Demotion and Defamation -- Identification with Human Construction and Materials -- Programmatic Aniconism and the Destruction of Idols -- Summary of Aniconic Strategies in the General Idol Polemics -- Deliberate Misrepresentation -- Biblical Evidence of Deliberate Distortion -- Enlivening the Cult Statue and Biblical Distortion -- Conclusions -- Chapter 3: Iconoclasm: Aniconism & the Image of Yahweh -- Distancing the Divine from Concrete Forms -- Bull Iconography of the Northern Kingdom -- Monarch Iconography of the Southern Kingdom -- The Cherubim Throne -- The Ark -- Distancing the Divine from Human Figuration -- Formless Iconography and the Second Temple -- Conclusions -- Chapter 4: Incomparability, Metaphor, and Multiple Imaging -- Divine Incomparability -- Divine Incomparability and the Old Testament Prophets -- Divine Incomparability in the Ancient Near East -- Metaphor and Multiple Imaging -- Modeling Similes -- Divine Comparability in Second Isaiah -- Divine Comparability in Ezekiel -- Divine Comparability in Hosea -- Multiple Imaging in the Prophetic Literature -- Conclusions -- Chapter 5: The Imago Dei and Prophetic Aniconism -- Priestly Divine Image Passages -- Second Isaiah Divine Image Passages -- Ezekiel Divine Images Passages -- Priestly and Prophetic Conceptions of the Imago Dei -- Conclusions -- Chapter 6: Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Sources Dictionaries and Other Helps -- Secondary Literature -- Scripture Index -- Author Index |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (203 p) |
| ISBN: | 978-3-16-153724-0 |
