1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911024019703321

Autore

Edmonds Alexander Johannes

Titolo

Triumph and Betrayal : Assyria’s Path to Empire, 935–745 BC / / Alexander Johannes Edmonds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2025]

2025

ISBN

3-11-159382-7

3-11-159371-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 361 p.)

Collana

Untersuchungen zur Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie : Ergänzungsbände zur Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie , , 0502-7012 ; ; 17

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Avant-Propos -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- On kings, conventions, and dates -- Chapter 1 The rise of Assyria as an historical problem -- Chapter 2 Approaching the early Neo-Assyrian period -- Chapter 3 A political history of the early Neo-Assyrian period -- Chapter 4 Regional studies in the Neo-Assyrian expansion -- Chapter 5 Triumph and betrayal. The early Neo-Assyrian path to empire -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

While the study of Assyria as ‘the world’s first empire’ has never been more popular, the events of the foundational early Neo-Assyrian period (935–745 BC) remain only poorly understood and explained. This book re-examines the historical question of Assyria’s expansion, presenting a novel reconstruction of the early Neo-Assyrian period with the latest data (including new Assyrian kings), detailed regional studies synthesising the newest historical and archaeological findings, and interpretative essays outlining new historical factors. The resultant history is unprecedentedly complex, containing newly discovered succession conflicts, difficult compromises with neighbouring powers, local dynasties appointed to Assyrian governorships, self-serving high officials, and sudden reverses in policy. In place of circular structuralist arguments for the Neo-Assyrian expansion, it presents a new model



emphasising internal political conflict, and competing visions for Assyria’s future. This book is intended for historians and archaeologists of Assyria, for whom it will provide a new basis for research, and also for scholars of neighbouring disciplines and laypersons interested in what happens to an ancient state before it becomes an empire.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910972345703321

Titolo

Dreaming in Christianity and Islam : culture, conflict, and creativity / / edited by Kelly Bulkeley, Kate Adams, Patricia M. Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-280-49245-7

9786613587688

0-8135-4824-1

9780831548241

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BulkeleyKelly <1962->

AdamsKate <1965->

DavisPatricia M. <1955->

Disciplina

204/.2

Soggetti

Dreams - Religious aspects - Christianity

Dreams - Religious aspects - Islam

Dreams - Religious aspects - Comparative studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on a conference held in summer 2005 in Berkeley, Calif.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Introduction; PART ONE: Dreaming in Christianity; 1 Divine Dream Dilemmas: Biblical Visions and Dreams; 2 Early Christians and Their Dreams; 3 Discerning the Voice of God: Case Studies in Christian History; 4 Dreaming through the Bible with Luther and Calvin; 5 Dreams and Visions of the Dying; PART TWO: Dreaming in Islam; 6 Dreaming in the Life of the Prophet Muhammad; 7 Islamic Dreaming: An Analysis of Its Truthfulness and In. uence; 8 Healing and Dreams in Islam; 9 Istikhara and Dreams: Learning about the Future



through Dreaming

10 Dream and Spirit in Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyah's Qitab al-Ruh11 The Jinn: Companion in the Realm of Dreams and Imagination; 12 Women and Dream Interpretation in Contemporary Iran; PART THREE: Two Traditions in Dialogue; 13 Books on Dream Interpretation: Artemidorus and Kutbuttinzade; 14 Conversion Dreams in Christianity and Islam; 15 A Comparison of Islamic and Western Psychological Dream Theories; 16 The Typical Dreams of Jordanian College Students; 17 Dreams of Muslim and Christian Children; 18 Discussing Dreams in a Prison in Amsterdam; 19 The Ambiguities of Privilege; Conclusion

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORSINDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Dreaming in Christianity and Islam, is the first book to explore  dreaming in these religions through original essays. The editors reach a  plateau by focusing on how studying dreams reveals new aspects of  social and political reality. International scholars document the impact  of dreams on sacred texts, mystical experiences, therapeutic practices,  and doctrinal controversies.