Sculpting idolatry in Flavian Rome : (an)iconic rhetoric in the writings of Flavius Josephus / Jason von Ehrenkrook.

  • Ehrenkrook, Jason von
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[2011], ©2011
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Also known as

Iconic rhetoric in the writings of Flavius Josephus

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Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, [2011], ©2011.

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xiv, 226 pages ; 23 cm.

Contents

Reading idolatry in(to) Josephus -- Jewish responses to images in cultural context -- The second commandment in Josephus and Greco-Roman Jewish literature -- Sculpture and the politics of space in Bellum Judaicum -- Idealizing an aniconic past in Antiqitates Judaicae -- The poetics of idolatry and the poiltics of identity -- Appendix 1. Statuary lexicon in the Josephan corpus -- Appendix 2. The second commandment in Josephus.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-208) and indexes.

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Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2013. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.

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