Aniconism in the first centuries of Christianity
Scholars generally agree that Christian iconography emerged only in the 3rd century. The absence of earlier, unambiguously Christian artifacts led many scholars to characterize Christians as initially aniconic largely in deference to biblical prohibitions of graven images and to regard the pictorial...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2017]
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Religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 47, Issue: 3, Pages: 408-424 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Christian art
/ Image prohibition
/ Iconic element
/ Gnosis
/ History 1-400
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BF Gnosticism CE Christian art HB Old Testament TB Antiquity |
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gnostic / gnosticism
B Narrative art B iconoclasm (Byzantine) B Icon B Bible / biblical B Commandment (Second) B idolatry / idol |
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Volltext (doi) |