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

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The late P.R.S. Moorey (, Formerly Acting Director, Keeper of Antiquities, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Fellow of the British Academy)

Idols of the People

Miniature Images of Clay in the Ancient Near East

The late P.R.S. Moorey (, Formerly Acting Director, Keeper of Antiquities, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Fellow of the British Academy)

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Oxford University Press
01 January 2004

History; Biblical archaeology

Series: Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology

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 and recurrent characteristics across millennia.

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.

By: The late P.R.S. Moorey ( Formerly Acting Director Keeper of Antiquities Ashmolean Museum Oxford; Fellow of the British Academy)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 243mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 362g
ISBN: 9780197262801
ISBN 10: 0197262805
Series: Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 01 January 2004
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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

Idols of the People is an excellent little book, and I would even venture to say that it was Roger Moorey's best book, a best book among a number of superb publications. * Zainab Bahrani, Bibliotheca Orientalis *