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Image, Text, Exegesis: Iconographic Interpretation and the Hebrew Bible

Image, Text, Exegesis: Iconographic Interpretation and the Hebrew Bible

Lemon, Joel M.
De Hulster, Izaak J.

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Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, Book 588

Bible Studies

ISBN10: 0567669564
ISBN13: 9780567669568
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Jun 30 2016
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.04
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Images from the ancient Near East are an important though generally underutilized source of data for interpreting the Hebrew Bible and the cultural context from which it emerged. The essays in this volume highlight the ways that ancient Near Eastern iconography can inform exegesis. This aim is accomplished through case studies in iconographic exegesis that exhibit sound methodologies for relating images and texts.

Since the 1970s, biblical scholars have been turning increasingly to iconography as a source for understanding the religion, history and literature of the ancient Near East. The essays in this volume tackle two thorny issues: 1) how images reflect the cultures that produce them and 2) the nature of the relationship between images and texts, both within discrete cultures and among different cultures. Until now, there have been relatively few methodologically self-conscious treatments of ancient iconography and its relationship to the biblical text. So this volume addresses a clear need for demonstrating transparent and consistent methods for iconographic work among biblical scholars.

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