Much ado about Marduk : questioning discourses of royalty in First Millennium Mesopotamian literature /

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The king in ancient Mesopotamia is often viewed as a figure above reproach. This volume problematizes this assumption through a critical investigation of several Akkadian texts that challenge royal policy. In most cases, the questions raised by these texts pertain to the king's relationship to...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Finn, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boston : Walter de Gruyter Inc., [2017]
Series:Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; v. 16.
Subjects:
To 634
Assyro-Babylonian literature.
Marduk (Babylonian deity)
Littérature assyro-babylonienne.
Marduk (Divinité babylonienne)
HISTORY > Civilization.
Assyro-Babylonian literature
Kings and rulers
Iraq > History > To 634 > Kings and rulers.
Assyria > History > Sources.
Iraq
Middle East > Assyria
History
Sources
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Standard Abbreviations
  • Chapter 1. Reading Counterdiscursive Texts in the First Millennium BC
  • Chapter 2. The Kassite Revolution
  • Chapter 3. The Library of Assurbanipal and the Counterdiscursive Landscape
  • Chapter 4. The "Babylonian Problem" and Scribal Dialogues of Counterdiscursiveness
  • Chapter 5. Counterdiscursiveness beyond belles lettres in and out of Nineveh
  • Chapter 6. Textual Hegemony and the Counterdiscursive Public
  • Epilogue. The Legacy of Late Akkadian Countertexts
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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