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Acts of Interpretation - Ancient Religious Semiotic Ideologies and Their Modern Echoes (Hardcover)
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Acts of Interpretation - Ancient Religious Semiotic Ideologies and Their Modern Echoes (Hardcover)
Series: Semiotics of Religion
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Ancient authors debated proper verbal and non-verbal signs as
representations of divinity. These understanding of signs were
based on ideas drawn from language and thus limited due to a their
partial understanding of the multi-functionality of signs. Charles
S. Peirce's semiotics, as adapted by anthropological linguists
including Michael Silverstein, better explains the contextual
linkages ("performativity") of ancient religious signs such as
divine names. Sign meaning is always dependent on processes of
interpretation and is always open to reinterpretation. Focusing on
these processes permits a more detailed analysis of the ancient
evidence. Examples are drawn from ancient Israelite verbal and
non-verbal divine representation, the apostle Paul's linguistic
letter/spirit model, Christian debates about the limits of language
to best represent the deity, Josephus' aniconic advertisement of
Jewish rites, the multi-layered divine representations in the
Dura-Europos synagogue, the diverse "performativity" of Jewish
ascent liturgies, and-the single modern example-the role of art at
Burning Man. Divine representation is the basis for ritual efficacy
even as sign meaning is a constant source of contention.
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