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Sculpting idolatry in Flavian Rome

by Jason von Ehrenkrook

Idols and imagesJewsCriticism and interpretationJudaismIdolatryHellenistic SculptureWorshipHistory

This book investigates the discourse on idolatry and images, especially statues, in the writings of the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, with a particular focus on his numerous accounts of a contentious and at times iconoclastic relationship between Jews and images. --from publisher description.

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