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Record Nr.

UNISA996248229903316

Autore

Ehrenkrook Jason von

Titolo

Sculpting idolatry in Flavian Rome : (an)iconic rhetoric in the writings of Flavius Josephus / / Jason von Ehrenkrook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Atlanta, : Society of Biblical Literature, c2011

ISBN

1-58983-622-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 226 p. )

Collana

Early Judaism and its literature / Society of Biblical Literature ; ; no. 33

Disciplina

296.4/6

Soggetti

Idolatry

Idols and images - Worship

Idols and images - Rome

Sculpture, Hellenistic

Jews - History - 168 B.C.-135 A.D

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

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

Jews

Judaism

Languages & Literatures

Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-208) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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.