"You Have Refined Us Like Silver is Refined" (Ps 66:10): Yahweh’s Metallurgical Powers in Ancient Judah

Since the discovery of the Ketef Hinnom amulets most studies have focused upon the semantic content of their inscriptions and their relationship to the biblical texts. As a result, few studies asked how their manufacture from silver and their design as tiny scrolls communicated meaning. The present...

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Main Author: Smoak, Jeremy Daniel 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2021
In: Advances in ancient Biblical and Near Eastern research
Year: 2021, Volume: 1, Issue: 3, Pages: 83-115
Further subjects:B Ketef Hinnom
B Silver
B Materiality
B Purity
B Amulets
B Numbers 6
B Jeremiah 6
B Priestly Blessing
B Yahweh
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