Imperialism and religion : Assyria, Judah, and Israel in the eighth and seventh centuries B.C.E. / Morton Cogan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cogan, Mordechai.

Series:

Society of Biblical Literature monograph series ; no. 19.

Monograph series - Society of Biblical Literature ; 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judaism--Relations--Assyro-Babylonian.

Judaism.

Assyro-Babylonian religion--Relations--Judaism.

Assyro-Babylonian religion.

Relations.

Jews--History--953 B.C.-586 B.C.

Jews.

Interfaith relations.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 136 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Missoula, Mont.] : Society of Biblical Literature : Distributed by Scholars Press, [1974]

Contents:

1. The Assyrian Empire and foreign Gods

The motive of divine abandonment

2. Assyrian spoliation of divine images

3. Assyrian impositions in provinces and vassal states

4. Judah in the orbit of Assyria

5. Israel under Assyrian rule

Summary and conclusions

Appendix 1: Israelite capture of foreign Gods

Appendix 2: A tribute list from the days of Sargon II

Table 1: Spoliation of divine images

Table 2: ADU violations reported in NA Historical inscriptions.

Notes:

A Revision of the author's thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 1971.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

CJS copy acc.# 8847

ISBN:

0884140415

9780884140412

OCLC:

1218204