Historiography, ideology and politics in the ancient Near East and Israel changing perspectives 5 / Mario Liverani ; edited by Niels Peter Lemche and Emanuel Pfoh.
| Author/creator | Liverani, Mario |
| Other author | Lemche, Niels Peter. |
| Other author | Pfoh, Emanuel. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2021. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Essays. Selections |
| Portion of title | Changing perspectives 5 |
| Variant title | Changing perspectives five |
| Series | Copenhagen international seminar |
| Contents | 'But in the Seventh Year ...' -- The Ugaritic epic in its historical and literary context -- Memorandum on the approach to historiographic texts -- The tribunal of history: Judicial origins of ancient Near Eastern historiography -- "Sydyk" and "Mis¿r" -- Holy war and just war in the ancient Near East -- The Pharaoh's body in the Amarna letters -- ı̀®attu¿Łili dealing with Ramesside propaganda -- The ideology of the Assyrian empire -- Kingship ideology in Assyria and Israel -- The king in the palace -- Contrasts and confluences of political conceptions in the Amarna period -- Political lexicon and political ideologies in the Amarna letters -- Refugees in Syria in the Late Bronze Age -- Becoming ı̀®abiru -- The 'origins' of Israel: An unachievable project of ethnogenetic research -- New developments in the study of the history of biblical Israel -- The Book of Kings and ancient Near Eastern historiography. |
| Abstract | "In this volume Niels Peter Lemche and Emanuel Pfoh present an anthology of seminal studies by Mario Liverani, a foremost scholar of the ancient Near East. This collection contains 18 essays, 11 of which have originally been published in Italian and are now published in English for the first time. It represents an important contribution to ancient Near Eastern and Biblical studies, exposing the innovative interpretations of Liverani on many historical and ideological aspects of ancient society. Topics range from the Amarna letters and the Ugaritic epic, to the 'origins' of Israel. Historiography, Ideology and Politics in the Ancient Near East and Israel will be invaluable resource for ancient Near Eastern and biblical scholars, as well as graduate and post-graduate students"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Language | Some essays translated from Italian. |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Liverani, Mario. Historiography, ideology and politics in the ancient Near East and Israel First edition. New York : Routledge Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2021. 9780367742485 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021003907 |
| ISBN | 9781000413090 (epub) |
| ISBN | 9781003157717 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |