The Physicality of the Other

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This volume comprises the conference proceedings of the international and interdisciplinary meeting held in Leipzig from November 9 to 11, 2015. Scholars from different research areas present masks from Egypt, Israel/Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Greece, mainly from the third to the first millennium BCE. The masks are analyzed from archaeological, iconographical, anthropological, philological, and theological perspectives. In many cases, the masks refer to gods, ancestors, spirits, and are used as a means to communicate between human beings and supernatural powers. Masks belong to the human condition and seem to be the international and intercultural answer to one of the most existential questions of human life. In addition, the volume includes an archaeological catalogue of the masks from Israel/Palestine of the Neolithic Age until the Persian Period.

Autorenportrait

Angelika Berlejung (Herausgegeben von) Born 1961; is Professor for "History and Religion of Israel and its Environment" at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Leipzig, an Extraordinary Professor for Ancient Studies at the University of Stellenbosch/South Africa, a Visiting Full Professor for Biblical Archaeology at Bar Ilan University/Israel, and a Full Member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences. Judith E. Filitz (Herausgegeben von) Geboren 1984; Studium der Ev. Theologie und Theaterwissenschaft in Leipzig, Halle/Saale und Jerusalem; 2012-18 wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft der Universität Leipzig; 2018 Promotion; seit 2018 Vikarin in der Lippische Landeskirche.

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