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Religion and ideology in Assyria / Beate Pongratz-Leisten.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; v. 6.Publisher: Boston : De Gruyter, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 553 pages) : black and white illustrations, black and white mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781614514268
  • 1614514267
  • 9781614514275
  • 1614514275
  • 9781614519546
  • 1614519544
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Religion and Ideology in Assyria.DDC classification:
  • 935/.03 23
LOC classification:
  • BL1620 .P66 2015
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • BE 6402
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Contents:
Introduction -- The dynamics of cultural regions and traditions in Mesopotamia and the rise of Assyrian cultural discourse -- The origins of Assyrian cultural tradition -- Empire as cosmos, cosmos as empire -- Narratives of power and the Assyrian notion of kingship -- Administrator, hunter, warrior : the mythical foundations of the king's role as Ninurta -- The king's share in divine knowledge -- Between the fictive and the imaginary -- The individual ruler as a model for kingship : rethinking ancient historiography -- The reinvention of tradition : the Assyrian state rituals -- The voice of the scholar.
Summary: Addressing the relationship between religion and ideology, and drawing on a range of literary, ritual, and visual sources, Beate Pongratz-Leisten argues that Assyria as a polity was as much exposed to (and influenced by) Babylonia in the south as it was to the Hittite and Hurrian cultural horizon in the north, and that this exposure was clearly reflected in the formulation and development of Assyria's royal ideology.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1076644

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction -- The dynamics of cultural regions and traditions in Mesopotamia and the rise of Assyrian cultural discourse -- The origins of Assyrian cultural tradition -- Empire as cosmos, cosmos as empire -- Narratives of power and the Assyrian notion of kingship -- Administrator, hunter, warrior : the mythical foundations of the king's role as Ninurta -- The king's share in divine knowledge -- Between the fictive and the imaginary -- The individual ruler as a model for kingship : rethinking ancient historiography -- The reinvention of tradition : the Assyrian state rituals -- The voice of the scholar.

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Addressing the relationship between religion and ideology, and drawing on a range of literary, ritual, and visual sources, Beate Pongratz-Leisten argues that Assyria as a polity was as much exposed to (and influenced by) Babylonia in the south as it was to the Hittite and Hurrian cultural horizon in the north, and that this exposure was clearly reflected in the formulation and development of Assyria's royal ideology.