Royal Apologetic in the Ancient Near East - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Royal Apologetic in the Ancient Near East write by Andrew Knapp. This book was released on 2015-11-19. Royal Apologetic in the Ancient Near East available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A fresh exploration of apologetic material that pushes beyond form criticism Andrew Knapp applies modern genre theory to seven ancient Near Eastern royal apologies that served to defend the legitimacy of kings who came to power under irregular circumstances. Knapp examines texts and inscriptions related to Telipinu, Hattusili III, David, Solomon, Hazael, Esarhaddon, and Nabonidus to identify transhistorical common issues that unite each discourse. Features: Compares Hittite, Israelite, Aramean, Assyrian, and Babylonian apologies Examination of apologetic as a mode instead of a genre Charts and illustrations
Writing and Rewriting the Story of Solomon in Ancient Israel
Writing and Rewriting the Story of Solomon in Ancient Israel - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Writing and Rewriting the Story of Solomon in Ancient Israel write by Isaac Kalimi. This book was released on 2018-11-29. Writing and Rewriting the Story of Solomon in Ancient Israel available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Solomon's image as a wise king and the founder of Jerusalem Temple has become a fixture of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic literature. Yet, there are essential differences between the portraits of Solomon that are presented in the Hebrew Bible. In this volume, Isaac Kalimi explores these differences, which reflect divergent historical contexts, theological and didactic concepts, stylistic and literary techniques, and compositional methods among the biblical historians. He highlights the uniqueness of each portrayal of Solomon - his character, birth, early life, ascension, and temple-building - through a close comparison of the early and late biblical historiographies. Whereas the authors of Samuel-Kings stay closely to their sources and offer an apology for Solomon's kingship, including its more questionable aspects, the Chronicler freely rewrites his sources in order to present the life of Solomon as he wished it to be. The volume will serve scholars and students seeking to understand biblical texts within their ancient Near Eastern contexts.
Memory in a Time of Prose
Memory in a Time of Prose - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Memory in a Time of Prose write by Daniel D. Pioske. This book was released on 2018-08-15. Memory in a Time of Prose available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Memory in a Time of Prose investigates a deceptively straightforward question: what did the biblical scribes know about times previous to their own? Daniel D. Pioske attempts to answer this question by studying the sources, limits, and conditions of knowing that would have shaped biblical stories told about a past that preceded the composition of these writings by a generation or more. This book is comprised of a series of case studies that compare biblical references to an early Iron Age world (ca. 1175-830 BCE) with a wide range of archaeological and historical evidence from the era in which these stories are set. Pioske examines the relationship between the past disclosed through these historical traces and the past represented within the biblical narrative. He discovers that the knowledge available to the biblical scribes about this period derived predominantly from memory and word of mouth, rather than from a corpus of older narrative documents. For those Hebrew scribes who first set down these stories in prose writing, the means for knowing a past and the significance attached to it were, in short, wed foremost to the faculty of remembrance. Memory in a Time of Prose reveals how the past was preserved, transformed, or forgotten in the ancient world of oral, living speech that informed biblical storytelling.
A Kingdom for a Stage
A Kingdom for a Stage - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Kingdom for a Stage write by Mark W. Hamilton. This book was released on 2018-03-05. A Kingdom for a Stage available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The political rhetoric of ancient Israel took several literary, architectural, and graphic forms. Much of the relevant material concerns kingship, but other loci of authority and submission also drew significant attention. Mark W. Hamilton illustrates how these "texts" interacted with other political rhetorics, especially those of the great Mesopotamian empires. By paying close attention to the argumentation of the Israelite literature as well as their function as epideictic oratory building solidarity with hearers he reveals the complexity of Israelite intellectual activity both during and after the period of the monarchy. By doing this he shows that this body of thought lies at the heart of Western political thought even today.
Extremism, Ancient and Modern
Extremism, Ancient and Modern - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Extremism, Ancient and Modern write by Sandra Scham. This book was released on 2018-01-19. Extremism, Ancient and Modern available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Near Eastern archaeology is generally represented as a succession of empires with little attention paid to the individuals, labelled as terrorists at the time, that brought them down. Their stories, when viewed against the backdrop of current violent extremism in the Middle East, can provide a unique long-term perspective. Extremism, Ancient and Modern brings long-forgotten pasts to bear on the narratives of radical groups today, recognizing the historical bases and specific cultural contexts for their highly charged ideologies. The author, with expertise in Middle Eastern archaeology and counter-terrorism work, provides a unique viewpoint on a relatively under-researched subject. This timely volume will interest a wide readership, from undergraduate and graduate students of archaeology, history and politics, to a general audience with an interest in the deep historical narratives of extremism and their impact on today’s political climate.
