1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782240803321

Autore

Lemche Niels Peter

Titolo

The Canaanites and their land [[electronic resource] ] : the tradition of the Canaanites / / Niels Peter Lemche

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England, : JSOT Press, c1991

ISBN

1-281-80337-5

9786611803377

0-567-45111-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series, , 0309-0787 ; ; 110

Disciplina

221.68

229/.1

Soggetti

Canaanites

Middle Eastern literature - Relation to the Old Testament

Palestine History To 70 A.D

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 THE CANAANITES AND OLD TESTAMENT STUDY. INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 THE CANAANITES AND THEIR LAND IN ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN DOCUMENTS: THE 2ND MILLENNIUM BCE; Chapter 3 THE CANAANITES AND THEIR LAND IN ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN DOCUMENTS: THE 1ST MILLENNIUM BCE AND LATER; Chapter 4 THE CANAANITES AND THEIR LAND ACCORDING TO THE OLD TESTAMENT. I: INTRODUCTION; Chapter 5 THE CANAANITES AND THEIR LAND ACCORDING TO THE OLD TESTAMENT. II: THE PENTATEUCH AND THE HISTORICAL BOOKS

Chapter 6 THE CANAANITES AND THEIR LAND ACCORDING TO THE OLD TESTAMENT. Ill: THE PROPHETIC AND POETIC BOOKSChapter 7 THE CANAANITES. RESULTS, CONCLUSIONS, CONSEQUENCES; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

It is an interesting consequence of the new reconstructions of the early history of Israel that the Israelites must originally have been Canaanites. Nevertheless, an outspoken hatred against Canaanites permeates the Old Testament. Lemche presents a new way of



explaining the anti-Canaanite sentiments of the Old Testament historians, while at the same time disclosing some of the aims and ideas which governed Old Testament history writing.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910807095003321

Autore

Teegarden David

Titolo

Death to tyrants! : ancient Greek democracy and the struggle against tyranny / / David A. Teegarden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4008-4853-9

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Classificazione

NH 6820

Disciplina

342.3808/54

Soggetti

Tyrannicide (Greek law)

Greece History Age of Tyrants, 7th-6th centuries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. The Invention of Tyrant-Killing Legislation -- Chapter 1. The Decree of Demophantos -- Part II. Tyrant-Killing Legislation in the Late Classical Period -- Chapter 2. The Eretrian Tyrant-Killing Law -- Chapter 3. The Law of Eukrates -- Part III. Tyrant-Killing Legislation in the Early Hellenistic Period -- Chapter 4. The Anti-T yranny Dossier from Eresos -- Chapter 5. The Philites Stele from Erythrai -- Chapter 6. The Ilian Tyrant-Killing Law -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The Number and Geographic Distribution of Different Regime Types from the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Periods -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Death to Tyrants! is the first comprehensive study of ancient Greek tyrant-killing legislation--laws that explicitly gave individuals incentives to "kill a tyrant." David Teegarden demonstrates that the ancient Greeks promulgated these laws to harness the dynamics of mass uprisings and preserve popular democratic rule in the face of



anti-democratic threats. He presents detailed historical and sociopolitical analyses of each law and considers a variety of issues: What is the nature of an anti-democratic threat? How would various provisions of the laws help pro-democrats counter those threats? And did the laws work? Teegarden argues that tyrant-killing legislation facilitated pro-democracy mobilization both by encouraging brave individuals to strike the first blow against a nondemocratic regime and by convincing others that it was safe to follow the tyrant killer's lead. Such legislation thus deterred anti-democrats from staging a coup by ensuring that they would be overwhelmed by their numerically superior opponents. Drawing on modern social science models, Teegarden looks at how the institution of public law affects the behavior of individuals and groups, thereby exploring the foundation of democracy's persistence in the ancient Greek world. He also provides the first English translation of the tyrant-killing laws from Eretria and Ilion. By analyzing crucial ancient Greek tyrant-killing legislation, Death to Tyrants! explains how certain laws enabled citizens to draw on collective strength in order to defend and preserve their democracy in the face of motivated opposition.