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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...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; New York :
Walter de Gruyter,
©2009.
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| Collection: | Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ;
407. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | 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 military activities made morally imperative by their identification with a cosmic struggle against chaos. The research begins the discussion of ancient Near Eastern ethics outside of Israel and Judah and fills a scholarly void by placing Israelite and Judahite ethics within this context. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xi, 245 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-231) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9783110223521 311022352X 1282715038 9781282715035 9786612715037 6612715030 |