Sculpting idolatry in Flavian Rome (an )iconic rhetoric in the writings of Flavius Josephus - Ehrenkrook, Jason von.; American Council of Learned Societies (Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, 2011)
Reading idolatry in(to) Josephus -- Jewish responses to images in cu ltural context -- The second commandment in Josephus and Greco-Roman Je wish literature -- Sculpture and the politics of space in Bellum Judaic um -- Idealizing an aniconic past in Antiqitates Judaicae -- The poetic s of idolatry and the poiltics of identity -- Appendix 1. Statuary lexi con in the Josephan corpus -- Appendix 2. The second commandment in Jos ephus.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-208) and indexes.
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Keywords: Josephus, Flavius -- Criticism and interpretation; Idolatry; Idols and images -- Worship; Idols and images -- Rome; Sculpture, Hellenistic; Jews -- History -- 168 B.C.-135 A.D.; Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.