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

by Peter Roger Stuart Moorey

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197262805
• ISBN13: 9780197262801
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: British Academy
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"