Representation in Religion: Studies in Honor of Moshe Barasch (Studies in the History of Religions)

REPRESENTATION IN RELIGION......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Jan Assmann: Introduction......Page 10
Moshe Barasch: The Idol in the Icon: Some Ambiguities......Page 20
A Late Hellenistic Mosaic......Page 23
An Icon of God\'s Hand......Page 32
Some Conclusions......Page 44
Margalit Finkelberg: Two Kinds of Representation in Greek Religious Art......Page 46
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 60
1.1 vera simulacra—mysteria doctrinae......Page 62
1.2 sine simulacro-interpretatio simulacri......Page 65
1.3 Varro\'s Mystical Theology......Page 67
2.1 Iconoclasm and Desacralization of Statues in Sicily......Page 68
2.2 Religion, Politics and Art in Cicero, De signis......Page 71
2.3 Differentiation, Overlap and Ambivalence of Cult, Art, and Politics......Page 76
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 78
I Introduction: Representational Art in India: Issues and Problems......Page 82
II A dramatist looks at art: Rājaśekhara\'s Viddhaśālabhañjikā......Page 92
III Reality as art: a philosophical interpretation of the Viddhaśālabhañjikā......Page 102
IV The Body of God: Seeing God in His Likeness......Page 109
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 121
Richard H. Davis: Indian Image-Worship and its Discontents......Page 126
Embracing the Iconic......Page 127
The Premises of Hindu Image Worship......Page 129
Exclusions and Inclusions......Page 134
Exegetical Denial......Page 138
Monist Demotion......Page 141
Relocations of the Icon......Page 144
Further Ramifications......Page 148
REFERENCES......Page 149
Koichi Shinohara: The \'Iconic\' and \'Aniconic\' Buddha Visualization in Medieval Chinese Buddhism......Page 152
1 The Scripture......Page 153
2 The Commentaries......Page 158
a Huiyuan\'s commentary......Page 159
b Shandao\'s commentary......Page 160
c The Tiantai commentary attributed to Zhiyi......Page 164
3 Concluding comments......Page 165
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 166
2 Antiquity......Page 168
3 Middle Ages......Page 169
4 The Age of the Baroque......Page 172
5 The Modem Era......Page 174
6 Conclusion......Page 178
Bianca Kühnel: Jewish Art and \'Iconoclasm\': The Case of Sepphoris......Page 180
Aharon R.E. Agus: Literarische und visuelle Hermeneutik oder die Unmöglichkeit der Ikone Gottes......Page 200
1 Introduction......Page 216
2 The Author between the Lines of His Book......Page 221
3 The Graphics of the Book and the Shape of the Author......Page 225
4 Torah as the Agent Intellect......Page 236
5 God within the Letters of the Book......Page 241
6 Divine Presence and Human Experience of Plenitude......Page 248
7 Some General Observations......Page 251
Richard I. Cohen: Representations of the Jewish Body in Modern Times: Forms of Hero Worship......Page 256
James R. Simon: Monumental Mockery: Sacred Regality and Dramatic Representation in Early Modern England......Page 296
Jan Assmann: Pictures versus Letters: William Warburton\'s Theory of Grammatological Iconoclasm......Page 316
Alain Besançon: The Roots of Modern Iconoclasm......Page 332
Peter Springer: The Absent Artist......Page 340
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 349
Wolf-Daniel Hartwich: Iconoclasm on the 20th Century Musical Stage (Schönberg, Henze and Glass)......Page 350
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 362
Index of Names and Subjects......Page 364
Contributors......Page 380
Back Matter......Page 383