Review of Schroer & Wyssmann (eds.), Images in transition

BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Images in transition: the southern Levant and its imagery between Near Eastern and Greek traditions

Silvia Schroer, Patrick Wyssmann, Images in transition: the southern Levant and its imagery between Near Eastern and Greek traditions. Orbis biblicus et orientalis. Leuven: Peeters, 2024. Pp. xi, 272 pages. ISBN 9789042954410.

Review by
Noa Ranzer, Tel Aviv University. noarantz@gmail.com

This edited volume presents the proceedings of an international conference that took place in Bern, Switzerland, in 2017. The articles present a diversity of subjects, approaches, regions, periods, and scopes of case studies, briefly summarized by the editors in the introduction. All contributions examine the interconnectivity between various cultures in the southern Levant in the Persian and Hellenistic periods, with most studying pictorial depictions to better understand the processes of influence and interference between social agents. As such, this volume contributes to the study of visual culture in the Persian and Hellenistic periods, revealing a complex picture comprised of various ethnicities and religions of the peoples living in the southern Levant and beyond.

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The focus is on Phoenicia, Israel, and the Levant in general, with some attention to Egypt.

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