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



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Autore: Younger K. Lawson Visualizza persona
Titolo: Ancient conquest accounts : a study in ancient Near Eastern and Biblical history writing / / K. Lawson Younger Jr Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Sheffield, England, : JSOT Press, c1990
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (393 p.)
Disciplina: 939.40072
Soggetto topico: Historiography - Middle East - History
Soggetto geografico: Middle East History
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
Titolo autorizzato: Ancient conquest accounts  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-80327-8
9786611803278
0-567-48836-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910821576903321
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Serie: Journal for the study of the Old Testament. . -Supplement series ; ; 98.