The Samaria Ivories, Marzeaḥ, and Biblical Text
How important was the visual dimension of ancient texts to their signification? A comparative study of the renowned Samaria ivories helps to reconstruct the lost visual context of several Hebrew biblical texts. As the symbolic backdrop of the marzeaḥ, these carvings inform us about the meaning of th...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Scholars Press
1993
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| Στο/Στη: |
The Biblical archaeologist
Έτος: 1993, Τόμος: 56, Τεύχος: 2, Σελίδες: 94-104 |
| Διαθέσιμο Online: |
Volltext (JSTOR) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Παράλληλη έκδοση: | Μη ηλεκτρονικά
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| Σύνοψη: | How important was the visual dimension of ancient texts to their signification? A comparative study of the renowned Samaria ivories helps to reconstruct the lost visual context of several Hebrew biblical texts. As the symbolic backdrop of the marzeaḥ, these carvings inform us about the meaning of this elite institution, and direct our attention to its powerful iconographic significance for the literature of the Hebrew Bible. Among other examples, the power of the visual image preserved in the ivory carving of the "woman at the window" facilitated and ironically undermined the 2 Kings account of the usurper Jehu's encounter with Queen Jezebel. |
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| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeologist
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3210252 |