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"Mirrors Of The Dance": Finding The Interplay Between The Static And The Dynamic In Biblical Ritual And Ancient Near Eastern Iconography, Gerald Klingbeil
"Mirrors Of The Dance": Finding The Interplay Between The Static And The Dynamic In Biblical Ritual And Ancient Near Eastern Iconography, Gerald Klingbeil
Gerald Klingbeil
Action is an important element in ritual and refers to the interplay of ritual objects/participants in space and time which results in the performance of the ritual itself (cf. Klingbeil2007:18). While both biblical ritual texts and ANE iconography depicting religious/ritual activities describe a dynamic, action-oriented reality, both are in fact static snapshots of an ancient reality or concept. Within the thematic framework of this particular session of the Ritual in the Biblical World consultation, this paper tries to look for an interface between ritual and iconographic studies by focusing upon the interaction between the dynamic and the static. The two …