Nation and Empire As Two Trends of Political Organization in the Iron Age Levant / / Mei Hualong.
"In Nation and Empire as Two Trends of Political Organization in the Iron Age Levant MEI Hualong offers an analysis of national and imperial ideologies--two political principles that influenced the establishment, consolidation and expansion of trans-local/trans-tribal polities in the Iron Age L...
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| Superior document: | Culture and History of the Ancient near East Series ; Volume 136 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill nv,, [2024] ©2024 |
| Year of Publication: | 2024 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Culture and history of the ancient Near East ;
Volume 136. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (513 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Figures and Tables
- Abbreviations
- Introduction. New Trends in Iron Age Levantine Polities and Politics
- 1. Setting Up the Problem
- 2. Nation, Empire and the Formation of Trans-Local Polities
- 3. A Note on the Term "Polity"
- 4. Structure of the Book
- Part 1.
- Chapter 1. Nation and the Impact of Ethnocultural Elements on Politics: A Survey of Native Terminology
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Kinship Terminology and Social Institutions in Biblical and Other Northwest Semitic Traditions: An Overview
- 3. עם and גוי: Ethnocultural Features and Collective Political Identity in Biblical Sources
- 4. An Overview of לאום and אומה
- 5. Terms of "National" Groups and the Category of the Polity
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 2. Ethnocultural Elements and Political Identity in the Iron Age Levant (1): The Role of (Self-)Designation and Kinship Ideology
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Transjordanian Polities
- 3. Israel and Judah
- 4. The Arameans
- 5. Philistia and the Philistines: Viewed from the outside
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 3. Ethnocultural Elements and Political Identity in the Iron Age Levant (2): The Role of "National Gods" and Religion
- 1. Introduction
- 2. "National Gods" and Religion in Transjordan
- 3. Yahweh as the "National" God in Both Israel and Judah: Onomastic Evidence
- 4. Divine Message and an Israelite-Judean "National" Identity
- 5. The Pan-Israelite Passover and a Pan-Israelite Identity
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 4. Ethnocultural Elements and Political Identity in the Iron Age Levant (3): The Role of Language and Script
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Language and Script in the Transjordan: "The Difference Is in the Detail"
- 3. Language and Script of the Israel and Judah.
- 4. The Question of a Common Aramean Identity from the Linguistic Perspective
- 5. Conclusion
- Chapter 5. Cultural Elements and Political Identity: A Summary of Different Scenarios in the Iron Age Levant
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Cultural Elements on the Construction of Political Identity in Moab through the Lens of the Mesha Stele
- 3. Israel and Judah in the Iron Age: Cultural Unity and Political Division?
- 4. The Arameans: What's in a Name?
- 5. The Neo-Hittites, the Phoenicians and the Arabs: Limited Cultural Commonality without Impact on Political Organization
- 6. Conclusion
- Part 2.
- Chapter 6. Empire, Universal Empire and Imperial Ideology: Theoretical Concerns and Case Studies
- 1. Introduction to Part II and the Present Chapter
- 2. Issues of Definitions and Criteria
- 3. The Universal Empire?
- 4. The Mesopotamian Universal Empire and Its Limits
- 5. Assyria and Other Large States: From a Terminological Perspective
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 7. The Impact of External Imperialism in the Levant and Mutual Perception of the Center and the Periphery
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Non-Mesopotamian Imperial Intervention in the Iron Age Levant
- 3. The Mesopotamian Empire and the Levantine Periphery: Expansion and Limits
- 4. The Imperial Order and Its Limits: A Survey of Selected Terms in Imperial Sources Related to the Levant
- 5. From the Evil Enemy to the Benefactor: Universal Empires in the Eyes of Levantine Polities
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 8. When the Two Trends Meet: Imperialism of "Nations" vs. The Universal Empire as a "Nation"-Possibilities and Uncertainties
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Aramean Imperialism? A Debate on Facts and Definition
- 3. The "Great Kings" of Neo-Hittite Kingdoms
- 4. Israel, Moab and Judah: Expansionist Policy of Small Levantine "Nation States".
- 5. The Imperialization of the "United Monarchy" in Biblical Historiography
- 6. "Yahwistic Imperialism" in the Hebrew Bible
- 7. The Assyrian Empire and an Assyrian Identity
- 8. Conclusion
- Concluding Remarks
- Works Cited
- Index of Selected Names and Subjects
- Index of Primary Sources.