Perspectives On The History Of Ancient Near Eastern Studies

Author : Agnès Garcia-Ventura,Lorenzo Verderame
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781646020874

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Perspectives on the History of Ancient Near Eastern Studies by Agnès Garcia-Ventura,Lorenzo Verderame Pdf

The present volume collects eighteen essays exploring the history of ancient Near Eastern studies. Combining diverse approaches—synthetic and analytic, diachronic and transnational—this collection offers critical reflections on the who, why, and how of this cluster of fields. How have political contexts determined the conduct of research? How do academic agendas reflect larger social, economic, and cultural interests? How have schools of thought and intellectual traditions configured, and sometimes predetermined, the study of the ancient Near East? Contributions treating research during the Nazi and fascist periods examine the interpenetration of academic work with politics, while contributions dealing with specific national contexts disclose fresh perspectives on individual scholars as well as the conditions and institutions in which they worked. Particular attention is given to scholarship in countries such as Turkey, Portugal, Iran, China, and Spain, which have hitherto been marginal to historiographic accounts of ancient Near Eastern studies. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Selim Ferru Adali, Silvia Alaura, Isabel Almeida, Petr Charvát, Parsa Daneshmand, Eva von Dassow, Hakan Erol, Sebastian Fink, Jakob Flygare, Pietro Giammellaro, Carlos Gonçalves, Katrien de Graef, Steven W. Holloway, Ahmed Fatima Kzzo, Changyu Liu, Patrick Maxime Michel, Emanuel Pfoh, Jitka Sýkorová, Luděk Vacín, and Jordi Vidal.

Author : Yağmur Heffron,Adam Stone,Martin Worthington
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 850 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781575064741

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At the Dawn of History by Yağmur Heffron,Adam Stone,Martin Worthington Pdf

Nearly 50 students, colleagues, and friends of Nicholas Postgate join in tribute to an Assyriologist and Archaeologist who has had a profound influence on both disciplines. His work and scholarship are strongly felt in Iraq, where he was the Director of the British School of Archaeology, in the United Kingdom, where he is Emeritus Professor of Assyriology in the University of Cambridge, and in the subject internationally. He has fostered close collaboration with colleagues in Turkey and Iraq, where he has been involved in archaeological investigation, always seeking to meld the study of texts with that of material remains. The essays embrace the full range of Postgate’s interests, including government and administration, art history, population studies, the economy, religion and divination, foodstuffs, ceramics, and Akkadian and Sumerian language—in a word, all of ancient Mesopotamian civilisation.

Author : John H. Walton
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493414369

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Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament by John H. Walton Pdf

Leading evangelical scholar John Walton surveys the cultural context of the ancient Near East, bringing insight to the interpretation of specific Old Testament passages. This new edition of a top-selling textbook has been thoroughly updated and revised throughout to reflect the refined thinking of a mature scholar. It includes over 30 illustrations. Students and pastors who want to deepen their understanding of the Old Testament will find this a helpful and instructive study.

Author : Ludovico Portuese,Marta Pallavidini
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3963271868

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Ancient Near Eastern Weltanschauungen in Contact and in Contrast by Ludovico Portuese,Marta Pallavidini Pdf

Author : Mario Liverani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000413090

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Historiography, Ideology and Politics in the Ancient Near East and Israel by Mario Liverani Pdf

In this volume, Niels Peter Lemche and Emanuel Pfoh present an anthology of seminal studies by Mario Liverani, a foremost scholar of the Ancient Near East. This collection contains 18 essays, 11 of which have originally been published in Italian and are now published in English for the first time. It represents an important contribution to Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Studies, exposing the innovative interpretations of Liverani on many historical and ideological aspects of ancient society. Topics range from the Amarna letters and the Ugaritic epic, to the ‘origins’ of Israel. Historiography, Ideology and Politics in the Ancient Near East and Israel will be an invaluable resource for Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical scholars, as well as graduate and post-graduate students.

Author : R. J. van der Spek,G. Haayer
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015076134967

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Studies in Ancient Near Eastern World View and Society by R. J. van der Spek,G. Haayer Pdf

This book examines the outlook of the ancient Mesopotamians in such areas as their religious values; views on death and burial, health and healing, and scholarship. Specific topics discussed include the heavenly constellations, the historian Berossus, magic and witchcraft, the clergy, the legend of Adapa, and much more.

Author : Agnes Garcia-Ventura,Lorenzo Verderame
Publisher : Lockwood Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781948488259

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Receptions of the Ancient Near East in Popular Culture and Beyond by Agnes Garcia-Ventura,Lorenzo Verderame Pdf

This book is an enthusiastic celebration of the ways in which popular culture has consumed aspects of the ancient Near East to construct new realities. The editors have brought together an impressive line-up of scholars-archaeologists, philologists, historians, and art historians-to reflect on how objects, ideas, and interpretations of the ancient Near East have been remembered, constructed, reimagined, mythologized, or indeed forgotten within our shared cultural memories. The exploration of cultural memories has revealed how they inform the values, structures, and daily life of societies over time. This is therefore not a collection of essays about the deep past but rather about the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves.

Author : Kevin M. McGeough
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1909697656

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The Ancient Near East in the Nineteenth Century: Appreciations and Appropriations. I. Claiming and Conquering by Kevin M. McGeough Pdf

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, little was known of the ancient Near East except for what was preserved in the Bible and Classical literature. By the end of that century, an amazing transformation had occurred: the basic outline of ancient Near Eastern history was now understood and the material culture of the region was recognizable to the general public. This three-volume study explores the various ways by which non-specialists would have encountered ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Holy Land and how they derived and constructed meaning from those discoveries. McGeough challenges the simplistic view that the experience of the ancient Near East was solely a matter of 'othering' and shows how different people claimed the Near East as their own space and how connections were drawn between the ancient and contemporary worlds. Volume I traces how the study of the ancient Near East developed into a professional discipline and how interpretative frameworks were gradually standardized throughout the nineteenth century. Some of the best-sellers of the period were accounts of the early explorers of the region and, beginning with the Napoleonic expedition, the book examines how ancient Near Eastern discoveries were communicated to the public. It looks at how archaeological reporting was shaped in this period and how the study of the ancient Near East was employed to understand issues of progress and decline and was referenced in the political and social satire of the period. It also documents the growth of middle-class tourism to the region and considers how the changing experiences of travel impacted Near Eastern studies. Throughout, the book observes how the ancient Near East mirrored and subverted British society and played a role in European and North American thinking about their places in a larger global and historical perspective.

Author : Marc Van De Mieroop
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118718230

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A History of the Ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC by Marc Van De Mieroop Pdf

Incorporating the latest scholarly research, the third edition ofA History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000–323 BCpresents a comprehensive overview of the multiculturalcivilizations of the ancient Near East. Integrates the most up-to-date research, and includes a richerselection of supplementary materials Addresses the wide variety of political, social, and culturaldevelopments in the ancient Near East Updated features include new “Key Debate” boxes atthe end of each chapter to engage students with variousperspectives on a range of critical issues; a comprehensivetimeline of events; and 46 new illustrations, including 12 colorphotos Features a new chapter addressing governance and continuity inthe region during the Persian Empire Offers in-depth, accessible discussions of key texts andsources, including the Bible and the Epic of Gilgamesh

Author : Carly Lorraine Crouch
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9783110223514

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War and Ethics in the Ancient Near East by Carly Lorraine Crouch Pdf

Biographical note: Carly L. Crouch, University of Cambridge.

Author : Martti Nissinen,Robert Kriech Ritner,Choon Leong Seow
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781589830271

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Prophets and Prophecy in the Ancient Near East by Martti Nissinen,Robert Kriech Ritner,Choon Leong Seow Pdf

Prophecy was a widespread phenomenon, not only in ancient Israel but in the ancient Near East as a whole. This is the first book to gather the available ancient Near Eastern, extra-biblical sources containing prophetic words or references to prophetic activities. Among the 140 texts included in this volume are oracles of prophets, personal letters, formal inscriptions, and administrative documents from ancient Mesopotamia and Levant from the second and first millennia B.C.E. Most of the texts come from Mari and Assyria. In addition, the volume provides new translations of the relevant section of the Egyptian Report of Wenamon, by Robert K. Ritner, and of various texts from Syria-Palestine containing allusions to prophets and prophetic activities, by C.L. Seow. By collecting and presenting evidence of the activities of prophets and the phenomenon of prophecy from all over the ancient Near East, the volume illumines the cultural background of biblical prophecy and its parallels. It provides scholars of the history, religions, and cultural traditions of the ancient Near East with important information about different types and forms of transmissions of divine words, and makes these valuable primary source materials accessible to students and general readers in contemporary English along with transcriptions of the original languages, indexes, and extensive bibliography.

Author : Gebhard J. Selz,Klaus Wagensonner
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9783643500359

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Empirische Dimension Altorientalischer Forschungen by Gebhard J. Selz,Klaus Wagensonner Pdf

This volume's 23 contributions from senior and younger researchers working with the Ancient Near Eastern heritage are based on the hypothesis of a general empiric attitude of Ancient Mesopotamian scholarship. The articles try to elucidate these underlying principles, making use of various sorts of modern theories and methods. The book covers a broader range of topics: astronomy, politics, agriculture and irrigation, linguistics, architecture, medicine and others.

Author : Samuel L. Boyd
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004448766

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Language Contact, Colonial Administration, and the Construction of Identity in Ancient Israel by Samuel L. Boyd Pdf

In Language Contact, Colonial Administration, and the Construction of Identity in Ancient Israel, Boyd offers the first book-length incorporation of language contact theory with data from the Bible. It allows for a reexamination of the nature of contact between biblical authors and the Assyrian, Babylonian, and Achaemenid empires.

Author : Jack Cheng,Marian H. Feldman
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789004157026

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Ancient Near Eastern Art in Context by Jack Cheng,Marian H. Feldman Pdf

Through her published works and in the classroom, Irene J. Winter has served as a mentor for the latest generation of scholars of Mesopotamian visual culture. The various contributions to this volume in her honor represent a cross section of the state of scholarship today. Topics by the twenty authors include palatial and temple architecture, royal sculpture, gender in the ancient Near East, and interdisciplinary studies that range from the fourth millennium BCE to modern ethnography and cover Sumer, Assyria, Babylonia, Iran, Syria, Urartu, and the Levant. Reflections on Winter's scholarship and teaching accompany her bibliography. The volume will be useful for scholars who are curious about how visual culture is being used to study the ancient Near East.

Author : Brigitte Lion,Cécile Michel
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614519089

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The Role of Women in Work and Society in the Ancient Near East by Brigitte Lion,Cécile Michel Pdf

Economic history is well documented in Assyriology, thanks to the preservation of dozens of thousands of clay tablets recording administrative operations, contracts and acts dealing with family law. Despite these voluminous sources, the topic of work and the contribution of women have rarely been addressed. This book examines occupations involving women over the course of three millennia of Near Eastern history. It presents the various aspects of women as economic agents inside and outside of the family structure. Inside the family, women were the main actors in the production of goods necessary for everyday life. In some instances, their activities exceeded the simple needs of the household and were integrated within the production of large organizations or commercial channels. The contributions presented in this volume are representative enough to address issues in various domains: social, economic, religious, etc., from varied points of view: archaeological, historical, sociological, anthropological, and with a gender perspective. This book will be a useful tool for historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and graduate students interested in the economy of the ancient Near East and in women and gender studies.