Reading Images, Seeing Texts (Hardcover)

R.P. Bonfiglio

ISBN 10: 3727817992 / ISBN 13: 9783727817991

Published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2016

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Hardcover. In recent years, a growing number of biblical scholars have turned toancient art as a vital resource for understanding the historical andconceptual background of the Bible. While these iconographicapproaches have done much to advance findings from more traditionaltext-based studies, they have yet to fully address issues pertaining tothe nature, power, and meaning of ancient art as well as the socialpractices, effects, and responses that are derived from and inform howimages functioned in ancient visual culture.This volume offers a sustained engagement of theories of visual culturewith the goal of further refining how images are utilised in biblicalresearch.Issues addressed include: the function of images as a language ofcommunication and its implications for debates about textual literacy inancient Israel (ch. 2); the nature of the image-text relationship andhow it informs methods of iconographic exegesis as well as the analysisof ancient mixed-media artifacts (ch. 3); approaches to visual analysisthat take into account how linguistic and non-linguistic signs conveymeaning in different ways (ch. 4); how theories about the ontology andsocial agency of art shed new light on the history of visual response inthe ancient world, including image theft and destruction (ch. 5); andhow a consideration of visual practices and the social and religiousdimensions of sight can advance understandings of the nature ofIsraelite aniconism and the search for Yahwehs cult image (ch. 6).Insights gained from these analyses are synthesised into a hermeneuticalframework that outlines a more critical approach to working with imagesin the field of biblical studies. In recent years, a growing number of biblical scholars have turned to ancient art as a vital resource for understanding the historical and conceptual background of the Bible. While these "iconographic" approaches have done much to advance findings from more traditional text-based studies, they have yet to fully address issues pertain Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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• Title: Reading Images, Seeing Texts (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3727817992
• ISBN 13: 9783727817991
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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In recent years, a growing number of biblical scholars have turned to ancient art as a vital resource for understanding the historical and conceptual background of the Bible. While these "iconographic" approaches have done much to advance findings from more traditional text-based studies, they have yet to fully address issues pertaining to the nature, power, and meaning of ancient art as well as the social practices, effects, and responses that are derived from and inform how images functioned in ancient visual culture. This volume offers a sustained engagement of theories of visual culture with the goal of further refining how images are utilized in biblical research. Issues addressed include: the function of images as a language of communication and its implications for debates about textual literacy in ancient Israel (ch. 2); the nature of the image-text relationship and how it informs methods of iconographic exegesis as well as the analysis of ancient mixed-media artifacts (ch. 3); approaches to visual analysis that take into account how linguistic and non-linguistic signs convey meaning in different ways (ch. 4); how theories about the ontology and social agency of art shed new light on the history of visual response in the ancient world, including image theft and destruction (ch. 5); and how a consideration of visual practices and the social and religious dimensions of sight can advance understandings of the nature of Israelite aniconism and the search for Yahweh's cult image (ch. 6). Insights gained from these analyses are synthesized into a hermeneutical framework that outlines a more critical approach to working with images in the field of biblical studies.