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Flight and freedom in the ancient Near East / by Daniel C. Snell.
Van Pelt Library JC599.M53 S65 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Snell, Daniel C.
- Series:
- Culture and history of the ancient Near East 1566-2055 ; v. 8.
- Culture and history of the ancient Near East, 1566-2055 ; v. 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Liberty--History.
- Liberty.
- History.
- Human rights--Middle East--History.
- Human rights.
- Forced labor--Middle East--History.
- Forced labor.
- Government, Resistance to--Middle East--History.
- Government, Resistance to.
- Middle East--History--To 622.
- Middle East.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 200 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001.
- Summary:
- This book shows that in the Ancient Near East the idea of freedom is older than in Greece. Snell studies archival texts on runaways, edicts, legal collections, treaties, and literature, as well as Biblical practice.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-191) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9004120106
- OCLC:
- 45419945
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