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Sculpting idolatry in Flavian Rome : (an)iconic rhetoric in the writings of Flavius Josephus / Jason von Ehrenkrook.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ehrenkrook, Jason von.
- Series:
- Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 33.
- ACLS Humanities E-Book.
- Early Judaism and its literature / Society of Biblical Literature ; no. 33
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Josephus, Flavius--Criticism and interpretation.
- Josephus, Flavius.
- Idolatry.
- Idols and images--Worship.
- Idols and images.
- Idols and images--Rome.
- Sculpture, Hellenistic.
- Jews--History--168 B.C.-135 A.D.
- Jews.
- Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
- Judaism.
- Idolatry--Worship--168 B.C.-135 A.D--Rome.
- Idols and images--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
- Idols and images--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 226 p. )
- Other Title:
- Sculpting Idolatry in Flavian Rome
- Iconic rhetoric in the writings of Flavius Josephus
- Place of Publication:
- Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Reading idolatry in(to) Josephus
- Jewish responses to images in cultural context
- The second commandment in Josephus and Greco-Roman Jewish literature
- Sculpture and the politics of space in Bellum Judaicum
- Idealizing an aniconic past in Antiqitates Judaicae
- The poetics of idolatry and the poiltics of identity
- Appendix 1. Statuary lexicon in the Josephan corpus
- Appendix 2. The second commandment in Josephus.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-208) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781589836228
- 1589836227
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb31346 hdl
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