04312oam 22006734a 450 991080913070332120230516194625.01-57506-591-610.1515/9781575065915(CKB)2550000000039394(SSID)ssj0000537801(PQKBManifestationID)12176454(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537801(PQKBWorkID)10556710(PQKB)10828384(Au-PeEL)EBL3155527(CaPaEBR)ebr10483375(OCoLC)922991598(OCoLC)747412034(MdBmJHUP)musev2_79410(MiAaPQ)EBC3155527(DE-B1597)584343(DE-B1597)9781575065915(EXLCZ)99255000000003939420081029d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrImages of OthersIconic Politics in Ancient Israel /Nathaniel B. LevtowWinona Lake (Ind.) :Eisenbrauns,2008.©2008.xii, 211 pBiblical and Judaic studies ;vol. 11Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-57506-146-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-193) and indexes.Introduction.Interpretive traditions : idolatry, dualism, monotheism, aniconism ;Redescribing Israelite parodies of iconic cult --Rites and writing in ancient Israel.Ritual and power ;Classification ;Social formation --Israelite icon parodies.An innovative genre of the exilic age ;Jeremiah 10:1-16 --The icon parodies of Second Isaiah ;Psalms 115 and 135 ;Literary history, social history, and interpretive power ;Classification and social formation ;Mesopotamian iconic ritual.The Mesopotamian cult image : ancient evidence and modern interpretations ;The induction of the cult image in Mesopotamia : the mīs pî ritual ;Iconic aspects of Mesopotamian warfare and historiography ;The enthronement of the supreme deity ;Mesopotamian iconic politics and Israelite icon parodies --Iconic politics in ancient Israel.Iconic traditions in the Hebrew Bible ;The Ark Narrative ;Deuteronomistic iconic political discourse ;Ezekiel and the departure of Yahweh ;Israelite aniconism or Israelite iconic politics? --Conclusion.Classification and cult.In this volume, Nathaniel Levtow articulately interacts with Mesopotamian and Israelite iconoclastic traditions, locating Israelite polemics against cult images among a spectrum of ancient West Asian literary genres and ritual practices that target the embodied deities of political opponents. Levtow argues that Israelite parodies of Mesopotamian iconic cult were not unique expressions of aniconic monotheism but assertions of Israelite political potency during and shortly after the Babylonian Exile. By interpreting Israelite icon parodies in this context, Levtow rejects the idea of "idolatry" as a static, native Israelite descriptive category and highlights the ability of Israelite writers to compose authoritative classifications of cult that profoundly influenced ancient and modern understandings of iconic worship practices. He concludes that biblical representations of iconic cult reveal dynamic acts of Israelite social formation and exemplify the enduring power of the cult image in ancient West Asian societies.Biblical and Judaic studies ;v. 11.imagereligion israelitereligion mesopotamiennereroDieuimagepolemique"Bible. AT"reroimagereligion israelitereligion mesopotamienneDieuimagepolemique"Bible. AT."IraqReligionIraqCivilizationTo 634imagereligion israelitereligion mesopotamienne.Dieuimagepolemique"Bible. AT"imagereligion israelitereligion mesopotamienne.Dieuimagepolemique"Bible. AT."202/.18Levtow Nathaniel B1594806MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910809130703321Images of Others3915487UNINA