Aniconic propaganda in the Hebrew Bible, or: the possible birth of religious seriousness
The Hebrew Bible promotes aniconistic worship: images of the god Yahweh were prohibited. In the Ten Commandments, aniconism follows immediately after the monolatrous rule not to ‘have’ other gods than Yahweh. The reason for the prohibition against ‘idols’ is Yahweh’s singularity, but not his inheren...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2017]
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Religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 47, Issue: 3, Pages: 399-407 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Image prohibition
/ Axial Age
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion HB Old Testament TB Antiquity |
| Further subjects: | B
Hebrew Bible
B Aniconism B ascetic religion B Axial Age |
