Image delimitation in Biblical Exegesis

Klein Cardoso, Silas (4 July 2022). Image delimitation in Biblical Exegesis (Unpublished). In: EABS / Iconography and Biblical Studies. Toulouse. 2022.

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The paper offers a new look at mechanisms and frameworks involved in selecting images and texts in iconographic exegeses. Reflecting on case studies and in conversation with different methodological takes on the issue in earlier scholarship, it redescribes both passive and active dimensions of ‘image delimitation.’ I argue that while the conceptual background and the commonality/dissimilarity of what is being compared are set by the researchers’ premises and tenets, the research problems and questions are pivotal in deciding on a method and the actual selection of comparanda. As a heuristic device, the distinction of the passive and active dimensions of image delimitation leads to at least two hypotheses: epistemological, biographic, institutional, disciplinary, and other factors play a pivotal role in the selection of material even when they are not explicitly stated or reflected; unbalances between assumptions and decisions restrict a significative number of scholars to ‘code comparisons,’ i.e., juxtapositions that are neither fully engaging with artifacts as such, nor with their contexts, be they archaeological or communicative.

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:	200 Religion 200 Religion > 220 The Bible
Funders:	[4] Swiss National Science Foundation
Projects:	[UNSPECIFIED] Stamp Seals from the Southern Levant: A Multi-faceted Prism for Studying Entangled Histories in an Interdisciplinary Perspective [CRSIIS_La6426]
Language:	English
Submitter:	Silas Klein Cardoso
Date Deposited:	18 Oct 2022 14:10
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 16:26
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/173805