ISBN:
9789004281486
,
9004281487
Language:
English
Pages:
XXII, 392 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
29 cm
Series Statement:
Magical and religious literature of late antiquity 4
Series Statement:
Magical and religious literature of Late Antiquity
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Shenkar, Michael Intangible spirits and graven images: the iconography of deities in the Pre-islamic Iranian world
Dissertation note:
Teilw. zugl.: Jerusalem, Univ., Diss., 2013 u.d.T.: Shenkar, Michael: Anthropomorphic iconography of deities in the pre-Islamic Iranian world
DDC:
704.9/4895
Keywords:
Gods in art
;
Art, Ancient
;
Art and religion History To 1500
;
Iran Antiquities
;
Iran Civilization To 640
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Iran
;
Götter
;
Ikonographie
Abstract:
In 'Intangible Spirits and Graven Images', Michael Shenkar investigates the perception of ancient Iranian deities and their representation in the Iranian cults. This ground-breaking study traces the evolution of the images of these deities, analyses the origin of their iconography, and evaluates their significance. Shenkar also explores the perception of anthropomorphism and aniconism in ancient Iranian religious imagery, with reference to the material evidence and the written sources, and reassesses the value of the Avestan and Middle Persian texts that are traditionally employed to illuminate Iranian religious imagery. In doing so, this book provides important new insights into the religion and culture of ancient Iran prior to the Islamic conquest
Note:
Literaturverz. S. [195] - 223
