Beyond the image-text divide: in search of a multidimensional approach to visual artifacts and biblical texts

Klein Cardoso, Silas (11 July 2022). Beyond the image-text divide: in search of a multidimensional approach to visual artifacts and biblical texts (Unpublished). In: IOSOT / Beyond the “Biblical World” Paradigm. Zurich. 2022.

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While the last fifty years saw remarkable advancements in biblical exegetical approaches that use comparatively visual data, the practice is still prone to asymmetries. First, while verbal and non-verbal codes are well-addressed, the objects’ material qualities and contexts are often overlooked. Secondly, while methods have their premises exhaustively discussed on logical grounds, their assumptions and reliance on contemporary paradigms are hardly discussed. Thirdly, while it is widely known that interartistic comparisons are inclined to subjectivities, the subject-researcher and their academic cultures are not assessed. This article argues that these asymmetries are to some extent the result of an “image-text” divide that shapes and informs comparisons. Therefore, this text exposes these asymmetries and sketches a multidimensional approach to overcome them.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Division/Institute:	01 Faculty of Theology > Institute of Old Testament Studies > Institute of Old Testament Studies - Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures > Literature and Theology of the Old Testament 01 Faculty of Theology > Institute of Old Testament Studies > Literature and Theology of the Old Testament 01 Faculty of Theology > Other Institutions > Office of the Dean, Faculty of Theology
UniBE Contributor:	Klein Cardoso, Silas
Subjects:	100 Philosophy > 120 Epistemology 200 Religion 200 Religion > 220 The Bible 900 History > 930 History of ancient world (to ca. 499)
Funders:	[4] Swiss National Science Foundation
Projects:	[UNSPECIFIED] SNFS Sinergia Project: Stamp Seals from the Southern Levant – A multi-faceted prism for studying entangled histories in an interdisciplinary perspective (CRSII5_186426)
Language:	English
Submitter:	Silas Klein Cardoso
Date Deposited:	18 Oct 2022 14:09
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 16:26
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/173803