The Hermeneutics of the Ban on Images: Exegetical and Systematic Theological Approaches

by Friedhelm Hartenstein and Michael Moxter

In the history of Judaism and Christianity the biblical ban against images has been a decisive factor in shaping collective identity around opposition to the veneration of images. The biblical ban inspired the iconoclastic controversy in Byzantium as well as iconoclasm during the Protestant Reformation. Even in the present, biblical texts prohibiting images may be easily misunderstood in ways that can lead to religious conflicts and even violence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809154544
• ISBN13: 9780809154548
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"