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1 online resource (xvii, 553 pages) : black and white illustrations, black and white maps. |
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text file |
| Series |
Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; volume 6
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Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; v. 6.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Dynamics of cultural regions and traditions in Mesopotamia and the rise of Assyrian cultural discourse -- Origins of Assyrian cultural tradition -- Empire as cosmos, cosmos as empire -- Narratives of power and the Assyrian notion of kingship -- Administrator, hunter, warrior : the mythical foundations of the king's role as Ninurta -- King's share in divine knowledge -- Between the fictive and the imaginary -- Individual ruler as a model for kingship : rethinking ancient historiography -- Reinvention of tradition : the Assyrian state rituals -- Voice of the scholar. |
| Summary |
Addressing the relationship between religion and ideology, and drawing on a range of literary, ritual, and visual sources, Beate Pongratz-Leisten argues that Assyria as a polity was as much exposed to (and influenced by) Babylonia in the south as it was to the Hittite and Hurrian cultural horizon in the north, and that this exposure was clearly reflected in the formulation and development of Assyria's royal ideology. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Assyria -- Religion.
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Assyria -- Politics and government.
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Monarchy -- Assyria.
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Monarchy. |
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Ideology -- Assyria.
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Ideology. |
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HISTORY -- Civilization. |
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Politics and government. |
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Religion. |
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Middle East -- Assyria. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Pongratz-Leisten, Beate. Religion and Ideology in Assyria. De Gruyter, 2015 9781614514824 1614514828 (DLC) 2015001925 |
| ISBN |
9781614514268 (electronic book) |
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1614514267 (electronic book) |
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9781614514275 (electronic book) |
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1614514275 (electronic book) |
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9781614519546 (epub) |
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1614519544 |
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9781614514824 (hardcover) |
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1614514828 (hardcover) |
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1614519544 |
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9781614512936 (ePub) |
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