Idols of the People: Miniature Images of Clay in the Ancient Near East

by P. R. S. Moorey

Overview

These lectures investigate the numerous miniature baked clay images from Canaan, Israel and Judah (c. 1600-600 BC). They constitute vital evidence for the imagery and domestic rituals of ordinary people, but significantly are not explicitly mentioned in the Old Testament. These terracottas are treated as a distinctive phenomenon with roots deep in prehistory. Attention is focused on whether or not the female representations are worshippers of unknown deities or images of known goddesses, particularly in Early Israelite religion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780197262801
Publisher:	British Academy
Publication date:	04/15/2004
Series:	Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Wolfson College, University of Oxford

Table of Contents

In the Beginning: Origins and Originating QuestionsTerracottas in Early Complex Societies: Sumer, Babylonia, Syria, Egypt, and Canaan (c. 3000-1150 BC)