Idols of the People: Miniature Images of Clay in the Ancient Near East (Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology)

by P. R. S. Moorey

Schweich Lectures (2001)

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A collection of lectures by the author on the subject of baked clay images from the areas of Canaan, Israel and Judah (c.1600-600 BC), which constitute vital evidence for the imagery and domestic rituals of ordinary people, but which are not explicitly referred to in the Old Testament.

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P. R. S. Moorey is Keeper of Antiquities at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and President of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem.

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Nonfiction, Anthropology, Religion & Spirituality, History, Art & Design
DDC/MDS
738.8Arts & recreationSculpture, ceramics & metalworkCeramic arts
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NB150 .M66Fine ArtsSculptureSculptureHistory
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