Jews, Christians, and the discourse on images before Iconoclasm / Alexei M. Sivertsev, DePaul University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sivertsev, Alexei, 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Judaism.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Christianity and other religions.

Visual perception--History--To 1500.

Visual perception.

Piyutim--History and criticism.

Piyutim.

Jacob (Biblical patriarch).

Jacob.

Yannai--Criticism and interpretation.

Yannai.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 278 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"Explores the rise of image as a rhetorical category in Jewish and Christian literature originating between the sixth and eighth centuries. This book demonstrates how Jewish texts serve as an important witness to the formation of image discourse and associated practices of image veneration"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

List of figures

Preface

List of abbreviations

Introduction

1. Dissimilar similarities

2. Jacob's image: the history of a late antique motif

3. Jacob's dream and relic veneration

4. God's impossible form

5. Articulating the impossible

Conclusions

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Feb 2024).

ISBN:

9781009424585

1009424580

9781009424578

1009424572

9781009424554

1009424556