The Akītu Festival : Religious Continuity and Royal Legitimation in Mesopotamia /
Bidmead, Julye
The Akītu Festival : Religious Continuity and Royal Legitimation in Mesopotamia / Julye Bidmead. - 1 online resource (232 p.) - Gorgias Near Eastern Studies .
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- ANALYSIS OF PREVIOUS SCHOLARSHIP ON THE AKĪTU -- PHENOMONOLOGY OF THE AKĪTU FESTIVAL -- RITUALISTIC ELEMENTS OF THE AKĪTU -- POLITICAL, HISTORICAL, AND IDEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
The akītu festival is one of the oldest recorded religious festivals in the world, celebrated for several millennia throughout ancient Mesopotamia. Yet, the akītu was more than just a religious ceremony; it acted as a political device to ensure the supremacy of the king, the national god, and his capital city. Using tools of social anthropology and ritual analysis, this book presents a detailed reconstruction of the festival events and its attendant rituals to demonstrate how the festival became a propagandistic tool wielded by the monarchy and ruling classes. The akītu festival demonstrates the effectiveness of religion as a political tool.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781463202651 9781463236007
10.31826/9781463236007 doi
Akitu.
Kings and rulers--Religious aspects--Assyro-Babylonian religion.
RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology.
BL1625.N4 / B53 2014
299.21
The Akītu Festival : Religious Continuity and Royal Legitimation in Mesopotamia / Julye Bidmead. - 1 online resource (232 p.) - Gorgias Near Eastern Studies .
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- ANALYSIS OF PREVIOUS SCHOLARSHIP ON THE AKĪTU -- PHENOMONOLOGY OF THE AKĪTU FESTIVAL -- RITUALISTIC ELEMENTS OF THE AKĪTU -- POLITICAL, HISTORICAL, AND IDEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
The akītu festival is one of the oldest recorded religious festivals in the world, celebrated for several millennia throughout ancient Mesopotamia. Yet, the akītu was more than just a religious ceremony; it acted as a political device to ensure the supremacy of the king, the national god, and his capital city. Using tools of social anthropology and ritual analysis, this book presents a detailed reconstruction of the festival events and its attendant rituals to demonstrate how the festival became a propagandistic tool wielded by the monarchy and ruling classes. The akītu festival demonstrates the effectiveness of religion as a political tool.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781463202651 9781463236007
10.31826/9781463236007 doi
Akitu.
Kings and rulers--Religious aspects--Assyro-Babylonian religion.
RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology.
BL1625.N4 / B53 2014
299.21