Review of Middlemas, Jill, The Divine Image: Prophetic Aniconic Rhetoric and Its Contribution to the Aniconism Debate (FAT, II/74; Tübingen: Morh Siebeck, 2014). by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer

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AN AEOLIC OR YÖRÜK GRAVESTONE, A CAPITAL, OR AN ANICONIC CULT OBJECT? PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS ON THE NEW TYPE OF VOLUTED STONE OBJECTS FROM AEOLIS by Emre ERDAN, Nurdan AKBULUT, Nihan AYDOĞMUŞ

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JHWH i Jego maṣṣēbâ? Tel Arad i graniczny wyznacznik terytorium pod protektoratem Boga Izraela by Janusz Lemański

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Mosaics of the Hispanic Meseta Norte: Phases, Officinae, Artistic Taste by Fernando REGUERAS, Caridad SAN JOSÉ

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Review of Klauk, Hans-Josef, B. McGinn, P. Mendes-Flohr, C.-L. Seow, H. Spieckermann, B.D. Walfish, E. Ziolkowski (eds.) , Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception: AaronAniconism (Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2009). by Stephen Westerholm

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THE VEILED FACES OF PROPHETS IN THE ISLAMIC MINIATURES - APPLICATION ON ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPTS OF XVI CENTURY IN KONYA MAWLĀNĀ MUSEUM. by Ibrahim Mohamed Ibrahim Elassal

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Man as symbol of God by Anders Hultgård

“…One point of similarity is a clear tendency towards aniconic representation of the Divine, which, from the beginning, was the mark of Judaism as well as Zoroastrianism, being religions with a nomadic background. …”
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Trasmigrazioni: cultura materiale e sviluppo dell'identità. Alcune riflessioni sulla produzione di San Vincenzo al Volturno by Marianna Cuomo

“…In the last part, we discuss the perceptive effects of the aniconic paintings in the crypt of Joshua. …”
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Antinomianism as Iconism: The Living Images of the Frankists by Knut Martin Stünkel

“…The open, visible, and public presentation was intended to be an affront by ostensibly/iconically opposing its aniconic stance. Anti-aniconism performed iconically was a deliberate and virtuously employed strategy in the struggle about messianic and eschatological issues. …”
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The Religious World of guthis: Three facets of Newār civilization, Nepal by Gérard Toffin

“…It first of all explores rites and beliefs associated with dance and music. The cult of the aniconic deity Nāsaḥdyaḥ, central to these questions, is analysed. …”
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An Underground Rock-Cut Shrine near Amatsya, Judean Foothills, Israel by Boaz Zissu, Nurit Shtober-Zisu

“…The layout of the hall bears a striking resemblance to sacred architecture prevalent in the region since the Middle Bronze Age, while its decorative elements are linked to earlier artistic traditions dating back to the Iron Age, as well as the aniconic characteristics found in Idumean, Canaanite, Phoenician and Nabatean art of the Persian and Hellenistic periods. …”
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Sîn City: Notes on the Moon God of Ḫarrān/Carrhae in the Partho-Roman Period by Michael Blömer

“…Most important in this regard is the predominance of aniconic symbolism. A cult standard, a crescent on a globe with tassels mounted on a pole, continued to be the main of representation of the god. …”
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Catholic Church Interiors in Fin-de-Siècle Literature by Claire Masurel-Murray

“…Drawing on William Whyte’s analyses of changing attitudes towards church architecture in the 19th century in Unlocking the Church: The Lost Secrets of Victorian Sacred Space (OUP 2017), it shows how literary representations of church interiors in fin-de-siècle literature reflect the shift from the Protestant aniconic, congregation-centred approach to church design, in favour of an architecture of affect and sensation, where space and ornamentation lead the worshipper to experience the divine through a sensory overload. …”
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Introduction: On the Relations of Religion and Images by Thomas Jurczyk, Volkhard Krech, Martin Radermacher, Knut Martin Stünkel

“…Our focus is on examining the range of religious attitudes towards images, which can range from indifference (aniconism) to admiration (iconism) to outright rejection and destruction (anti-iconism). …”
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Introduction: the image between presence and absence by firm editor, Andrea Pinotti

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Hiding and Revealing: Text and Image in Venantius Fortunatus’s Carmina by Gina Derhard-Lesieur

“…This results, thirdly, in an analysis of the figurate poems within the categories of iconism, aniconism, and anti-iconism.   …”
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The fixed image in cinema as a potential altered vision strategy by andrea pinotti

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Con-Temporary by Maria Gertrudis Bal

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Marguerite Duras, Experimental Filmmaker Between Antinarration and Iconoclasm by Marta

“… The essay is focused on how Duras’ film writing is a visual expression of the central themes of her literature (love and desire) and how certain practices of aesthetic aniconism – and their theoretical reading – refer to the manifestation of emotional and sentimental control. …”
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Between the mind and the senses: Jean Mitry’s approach to cinematic consciousness by Federica Cavaletti

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