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Myth and Politics in Ancient Near Eastern Historiography.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Liverani, Mario.
- Series:
- Studies in Egyptology and the Ancient Near East
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bahrani, Zainab, 1962-.
- Middle East--History--Sources.
- Middle East--History--To 622--Historiography.
- Local Subjects:
- Bahrani, Zainab, 1962-.
- Middle East--History--Sources.
- Middle East--History--To 622--Historiography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Features essays that represent a selection of studies that make explicit use of anthropological and semiological tools in order to analyze important texts of historical nature from various regions of the Ancient Near East.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Editors' Introduction; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; PART ONE: Mesopotamia; 1. Adapa, guest of the gods; PART TWO: Hittite Anatolia; 2. Telipinu, or: on solidarity; 3. Shunashura, or: on reciprocity; PART THREE: Syria; 4. Leaving by chariot for the desert; 5. Rib-Adda, righteous sufferer; 6. Aziru, servant of two masters; 7. The story of Joash; 8. Messages, women, and hospitality: inter-tribal communication in Judges 19-21; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-84553-471-9
- OCLC:
- 437224471
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