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Divination, politics, and ancient Near Eastern empires / edited by Alan Lenzi, Jonathan Støkl.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Society of Biblical Literature Ancient Near East Monographs ; Volume 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Divination--Middle East--History To 1500.
- Divination.
- Mythology, Middle Eastern--History--To 1500.
- Mythology, Middle Eastern.
- Occultism--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Occultism.
- Religion and politics--Middle East--History--To 1500.
- Religion and politics.
- Assyro-Babylonian religion.
- Middle East--Religion.
- Middle East.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (221 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Atlanta, Georgia : Society of Biblical Literature, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Advance your understanding of divination s role in supporting or undermining imperial aspirations in the ancient Near East This collection examines the ways that divinatory texts in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East undermined and upheld the empires in which the texts were composed, edited, and read. Nine essays and an introduction engage biblical scholarship on the Prophets, Assyriology, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the critical study of Ancient Empires. Features: Interdisciplinary approaches include propaganda studies Essays examine how biblical and other ancient Near Eastern texts were shaped by political and theological empires Index of ancient sources "
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-58983-998-6
- OCLC:
- 889263974
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