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The divine image : prophetic aniconic rhetoric and its contribution to the aniconism debate / Jill Middlemas.

Van Pelt Library BS1199.I34 M54 2014
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Middlemas, Jill Anne, 1971- author.
Series:
Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 1611-4914 2. Reihe ; 74.
Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe, 1611-4914 ; 74
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Bible. Prophets.
Idols and images--Biblical teaching.
Idols and images.
Image (Theology)--History of doctrines.
Image (Theology).
Bible. Prophets--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.
Physical Description:
xi, 190 pages ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2014.
Contents:
Chapter 1 Aniconism and the Imago Dei 1
Origins of Aniconism 5
The Prophetic Contribution to the Aniconism Debate 9
Aniconism and Anthropomorphism 15
The Structure of the Book 18
Chapter 2 Idol Polemics 21
The Polemic Against the Idols Passages 23
PAI Passages in Second Isaiah 25
PA1 Passages in Jeremiah and Habakkuk 30
Summary of Aniconic Strategies in the PAI Passages 32
Idol Polemics 36
Terms of Divinity 37
Demotion and Defamation 40
Identification with Human Construction and Materials 42
Programmatic Aniconism and the Destruction of Idols 44
Summary of Aniconic Strategies in the General Idol Polemics 45
Deliberate Misrepresentation 46
Biblical Evidence of Deliberate Distortion 47
Enlivening the Cult Statue and Biblical Distortion 49
Conclusions 53
Chapter 3 Iconoclasm: Aniconism & the Image of Yahweh 55
Distancing the Divine from Concrete Forms 57
Bull Iconography of the Northern Kingdom 59
Monarch Iconography of the Southern Kingdom 66
The Cherubim Throne 69
The Ark 80
Distancing the Divine from Human Figuration 83
Formless Iconography and the Second Temple 88
Conclusions 89
Chapter 4 Incomparability, Metaphor, and Multiple Imaging 91
Divine Incomparability 93
Divine In comparability and the Old Testament Prophets 93
Divine Incomparability in the Ancient Near East 102
Metaphor and Multiple Imaging 104
Modeling Similes 109
Divine Comparability in Second Isaiah 110
Divine Comparability in Ezekiel 116
Divine Comparability in Hosea 118
Multiple Imaging in the Prophetic Literature 122
Conclusions 123
Chapter 5 The Imago Dei and Prophetic Aniconism 125
Priestly Divine Image Passages 127
Second Isaiah Divine Image Passages 135
Ezekiel Divine Images Passages 141
Priestly and Prophetic Conceptions of the Imago Dei 144
Conclusions 148
Chapter 6 Conclusions 150.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9783161537240
3161537246
OCLC:
900394832

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