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The Aniconic Tradition, Deuteronomy 4, and the Politics of Israelite Identity.

The present article examines the aniconic polemics of the Hebrew Bible in an attempt to appreciate better their role in defining Israelite cultural boundaries and belief. The first part of the article deals with early sources in the aniconic tradition on which Deuteronomy 4 builds, particularly the...

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Published in:Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 132; no. 2; pp. 251 - 275
Main Author: Feder, Yitzhaq
Format: Article
Published: Society of Biblical Literature Summer2013
Subjects:
Old Testament
Apologetics
Religious thought
Idolatry
Worship of religious idols
Jews
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