Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9780957522800 |
| ISBN10: | 09575228011 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 284 pages |
| Size: | 240x160x15 mm |
| Weight: | 666 g |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 50 Illustrations, color |
| 700 |
Category:
The Image and Its Prohibition in Jewish Antiquity
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Date of Publication: 29 April 2025
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Short description:
Against the commonly held opinion that ancient Judaism was an artless culture, this sumptuously illustrated book offers new ways of looking at art in Jewish antiquity. Leading experts, under the editorship of Sarah Pearce, skilfully explore different functions of images in relation to their prohibition by the Second of the Ten Commandments.
Long description:
Against the commonly held opinion that ancient Judaism was an artless culture, this sumptuously illustrated book offers new ways of looking at art in Jewish antiquity. Leading experts (P. Alexander, H.G.M. Williamson, J. Heath, S. Pearce, M.H. Williams, T. Rajak, S. Stern, Z. Weiss, L. Clenman) skillfuly explore different functions of images in relation to their prohibition by the second of the Ten Commandments. This book is aimed at the both the scholarly world and all readers interested in religion and art.