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War and ethics in the ancient Near East : military violence in light of cosmology and history /

The monograph considers the relationships of ethical systems in the ancient Near East through a study of warfare in Judah, Israel and Assyria in the eighth and seventh centuries BCE. It argues that a common cosmological and ideological outlook generated similarities in ethical thinking, with kings℗þ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Crouch, Carly L. (Carly Lorraine), 1982-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, ©2009.
Colección:Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 407.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ideology and the confrontation of cultures
  • Assyrian cosmology
  • Judahite and Israelite cosmology
  • Ethics of the Assyrian élite
  • Ethics of the Judahite and Israelite élite
  • Ethics of the non-élite
  • Developments in Assyrian ethics
  • Developments in Judahite and Israelite ethics I
  • Developments in Judahite and Israelite ethics II.