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Handmade: A Critical Analysis of J ohn of D amascus’ Justification for Venerating Icons
Author(s) -
Rhodes Michael Craig
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the heythrop journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.127
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1468-2265
pISSN - 0018-1196
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2265.2011.00725.x
Subject(s) - veneration , cites , philosophy , subtitle , epistemology , literature , art , linguistics , theology , fishery , biology
The essay is an analysis of J ohn of D amascus’ justification for venerating the icons. Under the subtitle ‘reasoning for venerating the icons’ the essay conducts the analysis in three parts. First, J ohn's definition of ‘veneration’ is presented and examined. Second, the OT ‘veneration’ passages he cites are critically evaluated. Third, the apparent incoherence of J ohn's case is demonstrated from the E astern O rthodox notion of scripture. This is a follow‐up study to a previous essay (i.e., ‘ H andmade: a critical analysis of J ohn of D amascus’ reasoning for making icons’) which analyzes a problem in O rthodox aesthetics closely related to the one I examine here.