Zei și Idoli. Reprezentări și simbolizări ale divinității în religiile Israelului Antic (IIa). Idolatrie și iconoclasm
Gods and Idols. Representations and Symbolizations of the Divinity in the Religions of Ancient Israel (IIa). Idolatry and Iconoclasm
Author(s): Lucian GrozeaSubject(s): Theology and Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Editura Universitatii LUCIAN BLAGA din Sibiu
Keywords: Ancient Near East; Ancient Israel; Old Testament; idolatry; iconography; aniconism; iconoclasm; foreign gods; monotheism; monolatry;
Summary/Abstract: This article represents the first section of the second part of the study Gods and Idols. Representations and Symbolizations of the Divinity in the Religions of Ancient Israel. The subjects addressed for analysis are idolatry and iconoclasm in the context of Levantine iconography, seen from the perspective of the biblical authors, a totally tendentious, aggressive and contrary vision, in particular, to the archaeological discoveries. The Hebrew lexical fund of the MT was very rich and, later, almost doubled by the Greek version of the Old Testament text translated into the LXX (Septuagint) translation, regarding the denomination of foreign gods, idols and other representations.However, the "de facto tradition" of the Israelites contained a plastic iconography, idolatry and iconoclasm being phenomena that appeared in the post-exile period and called by scientific research "programmatic tradition".
Journal: SAECULUM
- Issue Year: 56/2023
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 174-185
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Romanian
