Idols of the people

miniature images of clay in the ancient Near East

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Idols of the people

miniature images of clay in the ancient Near East

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These lectures investigate the numerous miniature baked clay images from Canaan, Israel and Judah (c. 1600-600 BC). They constitute vital evidence for the imagery and domestic rituals of ordinary people, but significantly are not explicitly mentioned in the Old Testament. These terracottas are treated as a distinctive phenomenon with roots deep in prehistory. Attention is focused on whether or not the female representations are worshippers of unknown deities or images of known goddesses, particularly in Early Israelite religion.

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81

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Idols of the people: miniature images of clay in the ancient Near East
2003, Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [70]-78) and indexes.

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Oxford, New York
Series
The Schweich lectures of the British Academy ;, 2001, Schweich lectures ;, 2001.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
738.8/2/09394
Library of Congress
NB150 .M66 2003, D557

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 81 p., 16 p. of plates :
Number of pages
81

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3326014M
Internet Archive
idolsofpeoplemin0000moor
ISBN 10
0197262805
LCCN
2004299691
OCLC/WorldCat
51668480, 56033505
Library Thing
7202962
Goodreads
1804461

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