UID:
edocfu_9958353693702883
Format:
1 online resource (260p.)
ISBN:
9783110223521
Series Statement:
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 407
Content:
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’ 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.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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1. Introduction --
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Part I Ideology, cosmology and ethics --
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2. Ideology and the confrontation of cultures --
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3. Assyrian cosmology --
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4. Judahite and Israelite cosmology --
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Part II Ethics and society --
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5. Ethics of the Assyrian élite --
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6. Ethics of the Judahite and Israelite élite --
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7. Ethics of the non-élite --
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Part III Ethics and history --
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8. Developments in Assyrian ethics --
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9. Developments in Judahite and Israelite ethics I --
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10. Developments in Judahite and Israelite ethics II --
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11. Conclusions --
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Backmatter
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 978-3-11-022351-4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110223521
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110223521
