Monotheism/aniconism/iconoclasm : debates surrounding Akhenaten's " unique god

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Youri Volokhine

University of Geneva

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Opening of the symposium

Images of the gods and representation of the divine in the Ancient Near East : a warnin…

A look back at an ancient polemic : the cult of the donkey or donkey's head in the Jeru…

The " master of ostriches " : a specificity of the representa…

" These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt …

" Now my eye has seen you " : Job and the representation of t…

Monotheism/aniconism/iconoclasm : debates surrounding Akhenaten's " unique…

The Koran in its time : the pragmatic figure of the divine

Anthropomorphism and aniconism

Divine symbols in Paleo-Babylonian archives

Mari statues from texts

Betyls

The deified king and his image in the cult of Ugarit

Yhwh Ṣěbā'ôt and the powers of war

Founding figures in the traditions of Ezra and the books of the Maccabees

Representations of the " peoples of the sea " in Ancient Near Eastern icon…

The image of worship and the representation of the supernatural in the book of Daniel

Symposium

6 May 2015

3:45 - 4:15pm

Tally Ornan et Benjamin Sass

Eyes, triangles and horned animals : a divine journey through the Near East and the Med…

Monotheism/aniconism/iconoclasm : debates surrounding Akhenaten's " unique god

Documents and media

Speaker(s)

Youri Volokhine

Events

Opening of the symposium

Images of the gods and representation of the divine in the Ancient Near East : a warnin…

The question of divine representation in the Assyrian world

Making divine statues - and after ?

Representations of gods in children's drawings

Sociable gods, or how to represent a pantheon ?

A look back at an ancient polemic : the cult of the donkey or donkey's head in the Jeru…

The " master of ostriches " : a specificity of the representa…

" These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt …

" Now my eye has seen you " : Job and the representation of t…

Monotheism/aniconism/iconoclasm : debates surrounding Akhenaten's " unique…

The Koran in its time : the pragmatic figure of the divine

Anthropomorphism and aniconism

Divine symbols in Paleo-Babylonian archives

Mari statues from texts

Betyls

The deified king and his image in the cult of Ugarit

Yhwh Ṣěbā'ôt and the powers of war

Founding figures in the traditions of Ezra and the books of the Maccabees

Representations of the " peoples of the sea " in Ancient Near Eastern icon…

The image of worship and the representation of the supernatural in the book of Daniel

Eyes, triangles and horned animals : a divine journey through the Near East and the Med…

Why should divine images be banned ?

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