LEADER 02766nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910821576903321 005 20230331005641.0 010 $a1-281-80327-8 010 $a9786611803278 010 $a0-567-48836-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000542171 035 $a(EBL)437042 035 $a(OCoLC)276934807 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000334669 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11241569 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000334669 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10270958 035 $a(PQKB)11529936 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC437042 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL437042 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10250973 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL180327 035 $a(OCoLC)893334645 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000542171 100 $a19900723d1990 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAncient conquest accounts$b[electronic resource] $ea study in ancient Near Eastern and Biblical history writing /$fK. Lawson Younger Jr 210 $aSheffield, England $cJSOT Press$dc1990 215 $a1 online resource (393 p.) 225 1 $aJournal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series,$x0309-0787 ;$v98 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-567-55704-9 311 $a1-85075-252-4 320 $aIncludes bibliography and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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 330 $aWorks on Old Testament historiography, the 'Conquest', and the origins of ancient Israel have burgeoned in recent days. But while others have been issuing new reconstructions this novel work presents a close reading of the biblical text. The focus is on the literary techniques that ancient writers employed in narrating stories of conquest, and the aim is to pinpoint their communicative intentions in their own contexts. This reading is enhanced by engagement with the important discipline of the philosophy of history. Ancient Conquest accounts, replete with extensive quotations from Assyrian, Hi 410 0$aJournal for the study of the Old Testament.$pSupplement series ;$v98. 606 $aHistoriography$zMiddle East$xHistory 607 $aMiddle East$xHistory 615 0$aHistoriography$xHistory. 676 $a939.40072 700 $aYounger$b K. Lawson$01595040 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821576903321 996 $aAncient conquest accounts$93915814 997 $aUNINA