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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782243903321

Autore

Younger K. Lawson

Titolo

Ancient conquest accounts [[electronic resource] ] : a study in ancient Near Eastern and Biblical history writing / / K. Lawson Younger Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England, : JSOT Press, c1990

ISBN

1-281-80327-8

9786611803278

0-567-48836-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series, , 0309-0787 ; ; 98

Disciplina

939.40072

Soggetti

Historiography - Middle East - History

Middle East History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Preface; List of abbreviations; Illustration: Verso of the Narmer Palette; INTRODUCTION: ""THE UNDERPINNINGS""; STAGE ONE: ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN CONQUEST ACCOUNTS; STAGE TWO: ISRAELITE CONQUEST ACCOUNTS; STAGE THREE: SYNTHESIS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; APPENDIX; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Works on Old Testament historiography, the 'Conquest', and the origins of ancient Israel have burgeoned in recent days. But while others have been issuing new reconstructions this novel work presents a close reading of the biblical text. The focus is on the literary techniques that ancient writers employed in narrating stories of conquest, and the aim is to pinpoint their communicative intentions in their own contexts. This reading is enhanced by engagement with the important discipline of the philosophy of history. Ancient Conquest accounts, replete with extensive quotations from Assyrian, Hi