Iconoclasm and text destruction in the ancient Near East and beyond /
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The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago,
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Call Number: DS41 .C55 v.8
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Iconoclasm and text destruction in the ancient Near East and beyond / |c edited by Natalie Naomi May. |
| 246 | 1 | 8 | |a Iconoclasm and text destruction. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Chicago, Illinois : |b The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, |c [2012]. | |
| 300 | |a xv, 528 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 26 cm. | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a Oriental Institute Seminars, |x 1559-2944 ; |v 8. | |
| 490 | 1 | |a OIS ; |v 8. | |
| 500 | |a "The Oriental Institute dedicates this volume to the memory of Eleanor Guralnick, 1929-2012." | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a •Abbreviations •Preface •1. Iconoclasm and Text Destruction in the Ancient Near East •Section 1. "Iconoclasm Begins at Sumer" and Akkad •2. Mutilation of Image and Text in Early Sumerian Sources •3. Gudea of Lagash: Iconoclasm or Tooth of Time? •4. Damnatio Memoriae: The Old Akkadian Evidence for Destruction of Name and Destruction of Person •Section 2. Iconoclasm as an Instrument of Politics •5. Death of Statues and Rebirth of Gods •6. Shared Fates: Gaza and Ekron as Examples for the Assyrian Religious Policy in the West •7. Getting Smashed at the Victory Celebration, or What Happened to Esarhaddon's so-called Vassal Treaties and Why •Section 3. How the Images Die and Why? •8. "Ali-talimu - What Can Be Learned from the Destruction of Figurative Complexes? •9. The Hypercoherent Icon: Knowledge, Rationalization, and Disenchantment at Nineveh •Section 4. Iconoclasm and the Bible •10. What Can Go Wrong with an Idol? •11. Text Destruction and Iconoclasm in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East? •Section 5. Beyond Mesopotamia •12. Episodes of Iconoclasm in the Egyptian New Kingdom •13. Killing the Image, Killing the Essence: The Destruction of Text and Figures in Ancient Egyptian Thought, Ritual, and 'Ritualized History' •14. Hittite Iconoclasm: Disconnecting the Icon, Disempowering the Referent •Section 6. Classical Antiquity and Byzantium •15. Performing the Frontier: The Abduction and Destruction of Religious and Political Signifiers in Graeco-Persian Conflicts •16. Looking for Iconophobia and Iconoclasm in Late Antiquity and Byzantium •Section 7. Reformation and Modernity •17. Idolatry and Iconoclasm: Alien Religions and Reformation •18. Idolatry: Nietzsche, Blake, Poussin •19. A Partially Re-cut Relief from Khorsabad | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Iconoclasm |z Middle East. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Art |x Mutilation, defacement, etc. |z Middle East. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Middle East |x Antiquities. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Guralnick, Eleanor, |e honouree. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a May, Natalie N. |q (Natalie Naomi), |e editor of compilation. | |
| 830 | 0 | |a Oriental Institute Seminars, |x 1559-2944 ; |v 8. | |
| 830 | 0 | |a OIS ; |v 8. | |
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