The Divine Image and Its Prohibition: Textual and Artistic Considerations
Sunday, November 19, 4:00-6:30 p.m.
S19-307
Copies of some of the papers are now available.
Presider: Brent Strawn, Emory University
Nathaniel Levtow, University of Montana
The Image Ban and the Iconic Text
Ryan Bonfiglio, Columbia Theological Seminary
The Search for Yahweh’s Image: A Visual Culture Approach
Simeon Chavel, University of Chicago
Divine Presence and Its Representation in the Elohistic and Priestly Histories
Jill Middlemas, Universität Zürich
Prophetic Attitudes towards Divine Images and Aniconism in Deuteronomy
Amy L. Balogh, University of Denver
The Paradox of Materiality in Mesopotamian Divine Images