Yahweh: Difference between revisions

 

===Portrayal===

 

There is no universally accepted explanation for such [[aniconism]], and a number of scholars have argued that Yahweh was in fact represented prior to the reforms of [[Hezekiah]] and [[Josiah]] late in the monarchic period: to quote one study, "[a]n early aniconism, ''[[de facto]]'' or otherwise, is purely a projection of the [[Second Temple Judaism|post-exilic]] imagination".{{sfn|MacDonald|2007|pp=21, 26–27}} Other scholars argue that there is no certain evidence of any [[anthropomorphic]] representation of Yahweh during the pre-exilic period.{{sfn|Lewis|2020|pp=293–297}}