Iconoclasm and Iconoclash (Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series)

Contents
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Introduction (Willem van Asselt, Paul van Geest, Daniela Müller, Theo Salemink)......Page 10
PART ONE WORD AND IMAGE: FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS......Page 40
1. The Tension Between Word and Image in Christianity (Willemien Otten)......Page 42
2. The Dialectics of the Icon: A Reference to God? (Anton Houtepen)......Page 58
3. Word and Image in Christian Rituals (Gerard Rouwhorst)......Page 84
4. Seeing the Divine: a Holy Controversy (Alexander Even-Chen)......Page 104
5. Our Image of 'Others' and Our Own Identity (Daniela Müller)......Page 116
6. Idolatry and the Mirror: Iconoclasm as a Prerequisite for Interhuman Relations (Marcel Poorthuis)......Page 134
PART TWO JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN DEBATES ON IMAGES UNTIL THE REFORMATION......Page 150
7. Biblical Controversy: A Clash Between Two Divinely Inspired Messages? (Shulamit Laderman)
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8. Anthropomorphism and its Eradication (Shamma Friedman)......Page 166
9. Augustine's Thoughts on How God May Be Represented (Paul van Geest)......Page 188
10. The Saint as Icon: Transformation of Biblical Imagery in Early Medieval Hagiography (Nienke Vos)......Page 210
11. 'Erant enim sine deo uero': Iconoclash in Apocryphal and Liturgical Apostle Traditions of the Medieval West (Els Rose)......Page 226
12. Tangible Words: Some Reflections on the Notion of Presence in Gothic Art (Babette Hellemans)......Page 244
13. Cathars and the Representation of the Divine: Christians of the Invisible (Anne Brenon)......Page 256
14. The Clash Between Catholics and Cathars over Veneration of the Cross (Beverly Kienzle)......Page 272
15. Poor Building: The Case of the Friars Minor (Gerard Pieter Freeman)......Page 288
PART THREE PROTESTANT REFORMATION AND CATHOLIC REFORMATION......Page 306
16. The Prohibition of Images and Protestant Identity (Willem van Asselt)......Page 308
17. Aspects of Iconoclasm in Utrecht—Today and in the Past (Casper Staal)......Page 322
18. The Alphen Pig War (Joke Spaans)......Page 340
19. Papal Prohibitions Midway Between Rigor and Laxity. On the Issue of Depicting the Holy Trinity (Jan Hallebeek)......Page 362
PART FOUR MODERN TIMES......Page 394
20. The Politics of Representation: Prussian Monarchy and Roman Catholic Church in the Making of Saints During the 19th Century (Angela Berlis)......Page 396
21. Christ, Art and the Nation. The Berlin 'Christ Exhibition' of 1896 and the Search for a Protestant Identity in Wilhelminian Germany (Christopher König)......Page 416
22. The Written Icon: Images of God in Modern Dutch Literature (Jaap Goedegebuure)......Page 444
23. The New Iconoclasm. The Avant-garde and the Catholic Church (Theo Salemink)......Page 454
24. Vandalism as a Secular Iconoclasm (Alexander Demandt)......Page 480
Index......Page 498
Plates......Page 516