How does iconography depict prophetic actions? How do references to images support prophetic messages? The authors of the essays in this collection look at the interrelationships between text and image. They examine textual and iconographic remains from Israel and Judah, Egypt, Greece and Persia, often with direct relationship with Israelite and Judean religion and prophetic activity.With essays by Izak Cornelius, Helen Dixon, Rolf Jacobson, Yaakov Kupitz, Katell Berthelot, Christl Maier, Nanno Marinatos, Margaret Odell, Thomas Staubli und Brent Strawn.

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Christl M. Maier ist Professorin für Altes Testament an der Universität Marburg. Dr. Katell Berthelot is Professor of History of Ancient Judaism at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique / Aix-Marseille University in Aix-en-Provence, France. Izak Cornelius, BTh, Lizentiat der Theologie, DLitt (Semitische Sprachen), ist Professor für Altorientalistik an der Universität Stellenbosch in Südafrika. Brent A. Strawn, PhD, ist Privatdozent für Altes Testament an der Candler School of Theology, Emory Universität, Atlanta. Dr. Thomas Staubli is senior lecturer at the Department of Biblical Studies, University of Fribourg. Having studied at Fribourg, Jerusalem, Berlin and Bern, he holds a PhD in Theology (1989) from the University of Fribourg. In 1987-88 he was director of studies at the Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem. 1989-1994 he established and directed the Biblical Pastoral Ministry of the Diocese of St. Gallen. From 1999 to 2012 he participated in the establishment of the BIBLE+ORIENT Museum and served as its first director until 2012. Co-director of the BIBLE+ORIENT Database online (BODO). Dr. theol. Martti Nissinen ist Professor für Altes Testament an der Universität Helsinki. Dr. theol. Charles E. Carter ist Studiendekan für Kunst und Wissenschaft sowie Professor für Religionswissenschaft an der Seton Hall Universität in New Jersey, USA.