List of figures -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Dissimilar similarities -- 2. Jacob's image: the history of a late antique motif -- 3. Jacob's dream and relic veneration -- 4. God's impossible form -- 5. Articulating the impossible -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
"Explores the rise of image as a rhetorical category in Jewish and Christian literature originating between the sixth and eighth centuries. This book demonstrates how Jewish texts serve as an important witness to the formation of image discourse and associated practices of image veneration"-- Provided by publisher
