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

• Autore: Younger K. Lawson
• 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
• ISBN: 1-281-80327-8; 9786611803278; 0-567-48836-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821576903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Journal for the study of the Old Testament. . -Supplement series ; ; 98.