Onolatry

The satirical Alexamenos graffito

Onolatry is worship of the donkey: old Oriental and African worship attributed also to the Jewish people who travelled in the desert.^{[1][Need quotation to verify]}

During the Imperial Rome, the charge of onolatry was used by the pagans to taunt the first Christians and Jews.^{[2][Need quotation to verify]} A famous example of this is the Alexamenos graffito.^[3]

See also

• Alexamenos graffito
• History of early Christianity

References

1. ^ Mitchell, W. J. T. (2006). What Do Pictures Want?. University of Chicago Press. pp. 87. ISBN 9780226532455. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9qBSWN7k-4MC&pg=PA87&dq=Onolatry&client=firefox-a&sig=ACfU3U2j-NyDJBH5JCCkao-8vuJcRdbE0w. Retrieved 2008-10-14. 
2. ^ Gavrilyuk, Paul L. (2004). The Suffering of the Impassible God. Oxford University Press. pp. 76. ISBN 9780199269822. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jFsg-VB6ANwC&pg=PA76&dq=Onolatry+%2Btacitus&client=firefox-a&sig=ACfU3U14Uj9idc7MIGUsEzJoIZTKmMJ0yA#PPA76,M1. Retrieved 2008-10-14. 
3. ^ Herbermann, Charles George. The Catholic Encyclopedia. The Encyclopedia Press. pp. 793. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=THEqAAAAMAAJ&q=Onolatry+%2Balexamenos&dq=Onolatry+%2Balexamenos&client=firefox-a&pgis=1. Retrieved 2008-10-14. 

External links

• (Italian) Tiberio..., of Zvi Yavetz, on books.google.it