Images and Prophecy in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean

Contributions by Christl M. Maier Contributions by Katell Berthelot Contributions by Rolf Jacobson Contributions by Izak Cornelius Contributions by Brent A. Strawn Contributions by Margaret Odell Contributions by Thomas Staubli Contributions by Nanno Marinatos Contributions by Helen Dixon Contributions by Yaakov S. Kupitz Edited by Martti Nissinen Edited by Charles E. Carter

Book cover: Images and Prophecy in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean

Extent: 210 pages

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Subjects: Ancient Near East, Biblical Studies

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(October 2009)

ISBN: 9783525530979

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $163.00

In stock

Wie Ikonographie prophetische Botschaften übermittelt.


This collection of essays examines the interrelationships between text and image, particularly the ways in which iconography and/or references to images are used to depict prophetic actions or support prophetic messages. Textual and iconographic remains are examined from Israel and Judah, Egypt, Greece and Persia, often with direct relationship with Israelite and Judean religion and prophetic activity. This volume originated in the Prophetic Texts and Their Ancient Contexts session in the 2005 Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting. This richly-illustrated volume includes images from the Near Eastern and Mediterranean regions, and include Judean rosette seal impressions, representations of Ishtar, Achaemenid royal iconography, Minoan gold rings, cylinder impressions and various reliefs.

  • Contributions by Christl M. Maier
  • Contributions by Katell Berthelot
  • Contributions by Rolf Jacobson
  • Contributions by Izak Cornelius
  • Contributions by Brent A. Strawn
  • Contributions by Margaret Odell
  • Contributions by Thomas Staubli
  • Contributions by Nanno Marinatos
  • Contributions by Helen Dixon
  • Contributions by Yaakov S. Kupitz
  • Edited by Martti Nissinen
  • Edited by Charles E. Carter