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Dalley Stephanie |
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Titolo |
Esther's revenge at Susa [[electronic resource] ] : from Sennacherib to Ahasuerus / / Stephanie Dalley |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-14957-8 |
9786611149574 |
0-19-152712-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (279 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Jews - History - To 70 A.D |
Electronic books. |
Assyria History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Family Tree of Assyrian Kings; Introduction; PART I. THE BACKGROUND IN ASSYRIAN HISTORY AND LITERATURE; 1. Kings Sargon and Sennacherib, Father and Son; 2. Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal, Son and Grandson of Sennacherib; 3. Troubles in Babylon and Retribution in Susa; 4. Dissemination in Palestine and Egypt; 5. Some Literature and Its Genres; 6. Ishtar-of-Nineveh and her Feasts; PART II. TRANSITION TO A JEWISH STORY; 7. Assyrian Words, Phrases, and Customs in the Hebrew Book of Esther |
8. Links between Seventh-Century Assyria, the Hebrew Story of Esther, and the Kingdom of Adiabene9. From History into Myth: Evolution of a Story; Bibliography; Glossary; Indexes; General Index; Index of Akkadian, Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic words |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The names of the chief characters in the biblical Book of Esther are those of Mesopotamian deities. Stephanie Dalley argues that the narrative reflects real events in seventh-century Assyria which were `explained' soon after they occurred in a mythologizing cuneiform text and linked to religious festivals comparable to the Jewish rites of Purim. - ;Why are the names of the chief characters in the biblical Book of Esther those of Mesopotamian deities? Stephanie Dalley argues that the |
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