Figurines in Achaemenid Period Yehud

Jerusalem's History of Religion and Coroplastics in the Monotheism Debate
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-16-155550-3
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, Band 26, 225 Seiten, Format (B × H): 249 mm x 175 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Reihe: Orientalische Religionen in der Antike

Were there figurines in Yehud during the Achaemenid period, and in particular in Jerusalem? A positive answer to this question disproves the general consensus about the absence of figurines in Yehud, which is built on the assumption that the figurines excavated in Judah/Yehud are chronologically indicative for Iron Age II in this area (aside from a few typological exceptions). Ephraim Stern and others have taken this alleged absence of figurines as indicative of Jewish monotheism´s rise. Izaak J. de Hulster refutes this `no figurines -> monotheism´ paradigm by detailed study of the figurines from Yigal Shiloh´s excavation in the `City of David´ (especially their contexts in Stratum 9), providing ample evidence for the presence of figurines in post-587/586 Jerusalem. The author further reflects on the paradigm´s premises in archaeology, history, the history of religion, theology, and biblical studies, and particularly in coroplastics (figurine studies).

Autoren/Hrsg.

de Hulster, Izaak J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie spezieller Regionen und Zeitalter
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Biblische Geschichte & Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

de Hulster, Izaak J.
Born 1979; 2008 PhD (Utrecht); since 2014 University Researcher at the Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki; 2017 Habilitation (Göttingen).