Watts/Iconic Books, 4. The Iconic Book

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How to Cite: Miller Parmenter, Dorina. 4. The Iconic Book: The Image of the Bible in Early Christian Rituals. Iconic Books and Texts - Sacred texts (HRLC). Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 63-92 May 2013. ISBN 9781781792544.

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This chapter analyzes early Christian rituals in which the Bible functions as an icon, that is, as a material object that invokes the presence of the divine. It provides an introductory discussion of icons, and it further shows that early Christian communal rituals of Gospel procession and display as well as popular and private ritual uses of scripture as a miracle-working object parallel the uses and functions of Orthodox portrait icons while circumventing issues of idolatry.

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  • container title
    Iconic Books and Texts
  • creator
    Dorina Miller Parmenter
  • isbn
    9781781791585 (eBook)
  • publisher
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • publisher place
    Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • series title
    Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts
  • doi
    https://doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781781791585