The Image and the Book (1997 Toorn), edited volume

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The Image and the Book: Iconic cults, Aniconism, and the Rise of Book Religion in Israel and the Ancient Near East (1997) is a volume edited by Karel van der Toorn.

Abstract

Editions and translations

Published in Leuven [Belgium]: Peeters, 1997.

Table of contents

The many faces of God : divine images and symbols in ancient Near Eastern religions / Izak Cornelius -- Washing the mouth : the consecration of divine images in Mesopotamia / Angelika Berlejung -- In search of Yhwh's cult statue in the First Temple / Herbert Niehr -- Anthropomorphic cult statuary in Iron Age Palestine and the search for Yahweh's cult images / Christoph Uehlinger -- Assyrian evidence for iconic polytheism in Ancient Israel? / Bob Becking -- Israelite aniconism : developments and origins / Tryggve N.D. Mettinger -- Aniconism and anthropomorphism in Ancient Israel / Ronald S. Hendel -- The iconic book : analogies between the Babylonian cult of images and the veneration of the Torah / Karel van der Toorn

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