In the history of Judaism and Christianity the biblical ban against images has been a decisive factor in shaping collective identity around opposition to the veneration of images. The biblical ban inspired the iconoclastic controversy in Byzantium as well as iconoclasm during the Protestant Reformation. Even in the present, biblical texts prohibiting images may be easily misunderstood in ways that can lead to religious conflicts and even violence. At the same time, the humanities are experiencing an "iconic turn," a marked attention to the role of images. Recognizing both the potential for misunderstanding the biblical texts and the promise of a more nuanced appreciation of the role of images in human experience, this book constructs a framework for understanding the place of images, and their prohibition, within the biblical text and Christian religious practice. In the form of a dialogue between an Old Testament scholar and a Protestant systematic theologian, the volume explores potential lines of convergence between the rationale behind rejecting visual representations of God and that behind regarding the icon of Christ as a representation of the invisible God. Consideration of Old Testament texts in their cultural context clarifies key distinctions underlying the prohibition of material representations of God, while explaining the central importance of the biblical texts for creating "mental iconography" of God. +

The Hermeneutics of the Ban on Images: Exegetical and Systematic Theological Approaches

Reference

Hartenstein, Friedhelm

Moxter, Michael

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Paulist Press

Klaus Koch is one of the most distinguished German scholars in the field of Hebrew Bible / Old Testament and History of Religions. The volume collects his most important articles on the interdependence of Israel's belief and the religious ideas of its neighbours. German text.

Der Gott Israels und die Götter des Orients (Forschungen Zur Religion Und Literatur Des Alten Und Neuen Testaments) (German Edition)

History

World

Vandenhoeck + Ruprecht

Psalmen (Biblischer Kommentar Altes Testament) (German Edition)

Religion & Spirituality

Janowski, Bernd

Christian Books & Bibles

Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gmbh & Co

Der Biblische Kommentar Altes Testament ist ein umfassend und ausfÃ"hrlich angelegter wissenschaftlicher Gesamtkommentar zum Alten Testament, an dem bedeutende Wissenschaftler seit Jahren arbeiten - er reprÃ¤sentiert den aktuellen Forschungsstand. Fertiggestellt wird er 24 BÃ¤nde umfassen. Dieses Vorhaben erfordert verschiedene Erscheinungsformen und BezugsmÃ¶glichkeiten: Die Kommentare erscheinen in Einzellieferungen Ã"ber einen lÃ¤ngeren Zeitraum und nach Fertigstellung als Bandausgabe. RegelmÃ¤Ãig und somit in kÃ"rzeren AbstÃ¤nden erscheinen Einzellieferungen, die in Fortsetzung zu beziehen sind, und zwar entweder als Fortsetzungsbezug auf das Gesamtwerk oder als Fortsetzungsbezug auf EinzelbÃ¤nde.

Psalmen: PS 7-8 (4) (Biblischer Kommentar Altes Testament, 15) (German Edition)

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