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Sculpting idolatry in Flavian Rome

by Jason von Ehrenkrook

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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.

Idols and imagesJewsCriticism and interpretationJudaismIdolatryHellenistic SculptureWorshipHistoryPost-exilic period (Judaism)Critique et interprétationHellenistisk konstIdoles et images