Religion and Ideology in Assyria / / Beate Pongratz-Leisten.
Addressing the relationship between religion and ideology, and drawing on a range of literary, ritual, and visual sources, this book reconstructs the cultural discourse of Assyria from the third through the first millennium BCE. Ideology is delineated here as a subdiscourse of religion rather than a...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2015 Part 1 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER) ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (553 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Dynamics of Cultural Regions and Traditions in Mesopotamia and the Rise of Assyrian Cultural Discourse
- 3. The Origins of Assyrian Cultural Tradition
- 4. Empire as Cosmos, Cosmos as Empire
- 5. Narratives of Power and the Assyrian Notion of Kingship
- 6. Administrator, Hunter, Warrior: The Mythical Foundations of the King’s Role as Ninurta
- 7. The King’s Share in Divine Knowledge
- 8. Between the Fictive and the Imaginary
- 9. The Individual Ruler as a Model for Kingship: Rethinking Ancient Historiography
- 10. The Reinvention of Tradition: The Assyrian State Rituals
- 11. The Voice of the Scholar
- Appendix
- Bibliography