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Authors: Suzanne Conklin Akbari
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Representations of Muslims have never been more common in the Western imagination than they are today. Building on Orientalist stereotypes constructed over cent
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Language: en
Pages: 344
Authors: Suzanne Conklin Akbari
Categories: History
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Moses among the Idols
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Pages: 233
Authors: Amy L. Balogh
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-09-15 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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In Moses among the Idols: Mediators of the Divine in the Ancient Near East, Balogh simultaneously redefines one of the greatest figures in the history of religi
Idols of the People
Language: en
Pages: 124
Authors: Peter Roger Stuart Moorey
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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These lectures investigate the numerous miniature baked clay images from Canaan, Israel and Judah (c. 1600-600 BC). They constitute vital evidence for the image
Islands of Eight Million Smiles
Language: en
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Authors: Hiroshi Aoyagi
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Since the late 1960s a ubiquitous feature of popular culture in Japan has been the "idol," an attractive young actor packaged and promoted as an adolescent role