Idol Manufacturing
15th Century BCE
Image
Idol manufacturing, Thebes, Egypt, 15th century BCE. This is a modern artist’s rendering of a mural from the tomb of the vizier Rekh-me-re. It shows craftsmen making idols, much like the idol craftsmen described in Isaiah 41 and 44. See Israel, God’s Servant.
Credits
Prisse d'Avennes, from Histoire de l'art égyptien d'après les monuments… (Paris: Bertrand, 1878-1879), "Peinture : atelier de sculpteurs (XVIIIe. dynastie)". The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, New York Public Library. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-68e5-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 1.
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