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The Throne and the Enthroned: On the Conceived Human Image of Yahweh in Iron II Jerusalem

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Abstract

A seal impression found on a bulla from the City of David depicting a throne and two winged discs may corroborate the assumption that the conceived image of Yahweh in Iron II Jerusalem was of a human-like form. Through a succinct description on the emergence of the hegemonic concept that negates any (conceived) material aspects of Yahweh, a distinction is made between the practical-cultic nature of the biblical Image Ban and the Bible’s ontological perception of the god of Israel as a human-like entity in form and ‘nature’.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)198-210
Number of pages13
JournalTel Aviv
Volume46
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Jul 2019

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © The Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University 2019.

RAMBI Publications

  • Rambi Publications
  • Anthropomorphism in art
  • God (Judaism) -- Art
  • Iron age -- Eretz Israel
  • Seals (Numismatics) -- Eretz Israel
  • Thrones
  • Ir David (Jerusalem, Israel) -- Antiquities

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