Sculpting idolatry in Flavian Rome

Description:

This book investigates the discourse on idolatry and images, especially statues, in the writings of the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, with a particular focus on his numerous accounts of a contentious and at times iconoclastic relationship between Jews and images. --from publisher description.

subjects: Idols and images,  Jews,  Criticism and interpretation,  Judaism,  Idolatry,  Hellenistic Sculpture,  Worship,  History,  Post-exilic period (Judaism),  Critique et interprétation,  Hellenistisk konst,  Idoles et images,  Skulptur,  Idololatrie,  Judaïsme,  Histoire,  Historia,  Religiösa aspekter,  Sculpture hellénistique,  Judendom

People: Flavius Josephus

Places: Rome

Times: Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.,  168 B.C.-135 A.D.