LEADER 04296nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910822671803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-71503-8 010 $a9786612715037 010 $a3-11-022352-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110223521 035 $a(CKB)2480000000000031 035 $a(EBL)511855 035 $a(OCoLC)644252180 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000430797 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11965405 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000430797 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10456424 035 $a(PQKB)10028223 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC511855 035 $a(DE-B1597)37532 035 $a(OCoLC)1013954599 035 $a(OCoLC)853269369 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110223521 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL511855 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10373519 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL271503 035 $a(EXLCZ)992480000000000031 100 $a20091119d2009 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWar and ethics in the ancient Near East $emilitary violence in light of cosmology and history /$fC. L. Crouch 210 $aBerlin ;$aNew York $cWalter de Gruyter$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (260 p.) 225 1 $aBeihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft,$x0934-2575 ;$vBd. 407 300 $aRevision of the author's thesis (D.Phil.)--University of Oxford, 2009. 311 $a3-11-048596-6 311 $a3-11-022351-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [203]-231) and indexes. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$t1. Introduction --$tPart I Ideology, cosmology and ethics --$t2. Ideology and the confrontation of cultures --$t3. Assyrian cosmology --$t4. Judahite and Israelite cosmology --$tPart II Ethics and society --$t5. Ethics of the Assyrian élite --$t6. Ethics of the Judahite and Israelite élite --$t7. Ethics of the non-élite --$tPart III Ethics and history --$t8. Developments in Assyrian ethics --$t9. Developments in Judahite and Israelite ethics I --$t10. Developments in Judahite and Israelite ethics II --$t11. Conclusions --$tBackmatter 330 $aThe monograph considers the relationships of ethical systems in the ancient Near East through a study of warfare in Judah, Israel and Assyria in the eighth and seventh centuries BCE. It argues that a common cosmological and ideological outlook generated similarities in ethical thinking. In all three societies, the mythological traditions surrounding creation reflect a strong connection between war, kingship and the establishment of order. Human kings' military activities are legitimated through their identification with this cosmic struggle against chaos, begun by the divine king at creation. Military violence is thereby cast not only as morally tolerable but as morally imperative. Deviations from this point of view reflect two phenomena: the preservation of variable social perspectives and the impact of historical changes on ethical thinking.The research begins the discussion of ancient Near Eastern ethics outside of Israel and Judah and fills a scholarly void by placing Israelite and Judahite ethics within this context, as well as contributing methodologically to future research in historical and comparative ethics. 410 0$aBeihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ;$v407. 606 $aMilitary art and science$zMiddle East$xHistory 606 $aViolence$xReligious aspects$xJudaism 606 $aWar$xBiblical teaching 606 $aWar$xReligious aspects$xJudaism 606 $aMilitary art and science$xMoral and ethical aspects 615 0$aMilitary art and science$xHistory. 615 0$aViolence$xReligious aspects$xJudaism. 615 0$aWar$xBiblical teaching. 615 0$aWar$xReligious aspects$xJudaism. 615 0$aMilitary art and science$xMoral and ethical aspects. 676 $a221.6 676 $a221.8/35502 676 $a221.835502 686 $aBC 6865$2rvk 700 $aCrouch$b Carly L$g(Carly Lorraine),$f1982-$01087773 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822671803321 996 $aWar and ethics in the ancient Near East$94066027 997 $aUNINA