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As's'ur is king! As's'ur is king! : Religion in the exercise of power in the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
Neo-Assyrian religious imperialism was expressed by punitive measures such as ""godnapping"", and by the geographical focus and extent of the material support the Assyrians lavished on favoured polities. This work is devoted to Neo-Assyrian religious imperialism.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
BRILL,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Illustrations; List of Maps; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Textual Abbreviations; Other Abbreviations and Symbols; Excavation, Collection, and Museum Sigla; Chapter One: Historical Perspectives, History of Scholarship and the Scholars' Histories Assyrian Religious Imperialism in Greek and Biblical Sources; The Discovery of Assyria in the 19th Century; The Brothers Rawlinson, Talbot and Sayce; A Century of Scholarship; Scholarship at the Close of the 20th Century; The God Assur; Archaeology of Empire and Religion; Assyrian State Ritual in Provincial Settings.
- Imperial Self-Presentation in ArtImperial Ideology, Other Gods and Other Cults; Assyro-BabyIonian Relations; Prophecy and Politics; Chapter Two: Terror in the Exercise of Empire: Coercion and Conformity; The Imperial Archive; Historical Transparency of the Assyrian Imperial Archive; Definitions; Provincial Dues for the Cult of Assur; The Symbol of Assur
- Divine Image of the King, Prestige Politics, and Imperialism; Domination of Foreign Cults by Violent Means; Aggression and Religious Imperialism as Policy; The Symbol of Assur
- Assyrian Religious Architecture and Impedimenta.
- Chapter Three: Diplomacy in the Exercise of Empire: High Finance Patronage and High Profile ManipulationIntroduction; Chapter Four: Analysis of the Exercise of Empire: The Organs of Assyrian Imperialism and Regional Strategies; Agents of Assyrian Religious Imperialism; Cultic Patronage, Participation, and Regional Strategies; Introduction; Babylonia; Babylonia: Summary; Harrān; Harrān: Summary; Appendix One: Prelude to the Intellectual and Social Background of the First British School of Assyriology; Bibliography; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U.
- VW; Y; Z; Index of Divine Names; A; B; D; E; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; Y; Z; Index of Personal Names; A; B; C; D; E; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Index of Place Names; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Index of General Subjects; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Index of Temple Names; Index of Text and Object Citations; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Maps and Illustrations.