| Phoenician Aniconism in its Mediterranean and Ancient Near Eastern Contexts (Archaeology & Bible Studies 21; Atlanta: SBL Press, 2015) Did the Phoenicians avoid representing their deities in anthropomorphic form for ideological or religious reasons? The question of whether Phoenicians employed aniconic (as opposed to iconic) representational techniques has significance not only for the many under-explored aspects of Phoenician religion generally, but also for the question of whether aniconism can be considered a broader trend among the Semitic populations of the ancient Near East. Indeed, past research on aniconic phenomena is often motivated by a desire to understand the larger context of the Hebrew Bible's proscription... | 
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