Figurines in Achaemenid period Yehud : Jerusalem's history of religion and coroplastics in the monotheism debate / Izaak J. de Hulster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hulster, Izaak J. de (Izaak Jozias), author.

Series:

Orientalische Religionen in der Antike ; 1869-0513 26.

Orientalische Religionen in der Antike : Ägypten, Israel, alter Orient = Oriental religions in antiquity : Egypt, Israel, ancient Near East, 1869-0513 ; 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terra-cotta figurines, Ancient--Jerusalem.

Terra-cotta figurines, Ancient.

Terra-cotta figurines, Ancient--Yehud (Persian province).

Judaism and art.

Historiography.

Monotheism.

ʻIr Daṿid (Jerusalem)--Antiquities.

ʻIr Daṿid (Jerusalem).

Monotheism--Jerusalem--Historiography.

Judaism and art--Historiography.

Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

Judaism.

History.

Judaism--Post-exilic period (Judaism).

Achaemenid dynasty, 559 B.C.-330 B.C.

Religion.

Middle East--Jerusalem.

Antiquities.

Figurines.

Physical Description:

xiv, 225 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2017]

Summary:

Were there figurines in Yehud during the Achaemenid period, and in particular in Jerusalem? A positive answer to this question disproves the general consensus about the absence of figurines in Yehud, which is built on the assumption that the figurines excavated in Judah/Yehud are chronologically indicative for Iron Age II in this area (aside from a few typological exceptions). Ephraim Stern and others have taken this alleged absence of figurines as indicative of Jewish monotheism's rise. Izaak J. de Hulster refutes this 'no figurines - monotheism' paradigm by detailed study of the figurines from Yigal Shiloh's excavation in the 'City of David' (especially their contexts in Stratum 9), providing ample evidence for the presence of figurines in post-587/586 Jerusalem. The author further reflects on the paradigm's premises in archaeology, history, the history of religion, theology, and biblical studies, and particularly in coroplastics (figurine studies).

Notes:

Based on the author's habilitation thesis, Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783161555503

3161555503

OCLC:

1017095218

Publisher Number:

9783161555503