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Religion and Ideology in Assyria [electronic resource] / Beate Pongratz-Leisten.

By: Series: Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; v. 6.Publication details: De Gruyter, 2015.Description: 1 online resource (380 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1614514267
  • 9781614514268
  • 9781614514275
  • 1614514275
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Religion and Ideology in Assyria.DDC classification:
  • 935/.03 23
LOC classification:
  • BL1620 .P66 2015
Online resources:
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.
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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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