Intangible spirits and graven images: the iconography of deities in the Pre-islamic Iranian world
Front Matter -- Introduction -- Written Sources -- Iconographic Pantheon -- Intangible Spirits: Iranian Aniconism -- Graven images: Iranian Anthropomorphism -- Conclusions -- Iranian Dynasties -- Bibliography -- Indexes -- Figures -- Color Plates.
| Published in: | Magical and religious literature of Late Antiquity |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
2014
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Magical and religious literature of Late Antiquity (4)
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| Series/Journal: | Magical and religious literature of Late Antiquity
4 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Iran (Antiquity)
/ Iconography
/ Gods
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| IxTheo Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion BF Gnosticism KBL Near East and North Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
Art and religion
Iran
History
To 1500
B Antiquities B To 1500 B Art and religion B Iran Civilization To 640 B Gods in art B History B Iran Civilization To 640 B Art, Ancient B Art, Ancient (Iran) B Civilization B Iran Antiquities B Iran B Art, Ancient Iran |
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| Summary: | Front Matter -- Introduction -- Written Sources -- Iconographic Pantheon -- Intangible Spirits: Iranian Aniconism -- Graven images: Iranian Anthropomorphism -- Conclusions -- Iranian Dynasties -- Bibliography -- Indexes -- Figures -- Color Plates. Winner of the the Roman and Tania Ghirshman Prize 2015 by the French Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. This prize was established in 1973 by the donation made by Roman Ghirshman, one of the prominent French archaeologists of Pre-Islamic Iran. It is awarded annually for a publication in the field of Pre-Islamic Iranian Studies. In Intangible Spirits and Graven Images , Michael Shenkar investigates the perception of ancient Iranian deities and their representation in the Iranian cults. This ground-breaking study traces the evolution of the images of these deities, analyses the origin of their iconography, and evaluates their significance. Shenkar also explores the perception of anthropomorphism and aniconism in ancient Iranian religious imagery, with reference to the material evidence and the written sources, and reassesses the value of the Avestan and Middle Persian texts that are traditionally employed to illuminate Iranian religious imagery. In doing so, this book provides important new insights into the religion and culture of ancient Iran prior to the Islamic conquest |
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| ISBN: | 9004281495 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004281493 |