Writing and re-writing history by destruction : proceedings of the Annual Minerva Center RIAB conference, Leipzig, 2018, research on Israel and Aram in Biblival times III

Publication/Creation:

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2022]

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Book

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Full Title:

Writing and re-writing history by destruction : proceedings of the Annual Minerva Center RIAB conference, Leipzig, 2018, research on Israel and Aram in Biblival times III / edited by Angelika Berlejung, Aren M. Maeir, and Takayoshi M. Oshima

Series Titles:

Orientalische Religionen in der Antike, 45
Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical times ; III
Orientalische Religionen in der Antike ; 45.
Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical times ; 3.

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Additional Author/Creators:

Berlejung, Angelika, 1961-, editor
Maeir, Aren M., editor
Oshima, Takayoshi, editor

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Bible--History of Biblical events--Congresses
Palestine--History--Congresses
Palestine--Historiography--Congresses
Middle East--History--Congresses
Middle East--Historiography--Congresses

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Re-writing history by destruction : The archaeology of ancient Israel and Judah -- Reflections on destruction and loss in prophetic, poetic, and pos-biblical literature -- Circumnavigating history : Isaiah's response to the temple destruction -- Re-writing history by destruction in Assyria -- Re-writing history by destruction of heritage.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Summary:

"This volume combines the papers held at the Minerva Center's »Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times« conference (Leipzig 2018) on the subject of writing and re-writing history by deliberate destruction in the regions of Syria, Palestine, and Mesopotamia. An international group of scholars studies the subject using a multi-perspective and interdisciplinary approach. Archeological studies, ancient Near Eastern studies, and biblical studies focused on the destruction of ancient sites in Israel and Judah in the 1st millennium BC. The perspective of the defeated Israelites, Jerusalemites, and Judeans is described in detail in the Old Testament and in postbiblical literature and shows that the destructions in the past were a cultural and identity creator of the first magnitude. The longue durée of the practice of reshaping the past through the deliberate destruction of a cultural heritage in order to shape the present according to current interests becomes evident based on the Neo-Assyrian Empire's practice up to the modern era and is demonstrated by the example of the Arabian-Muslim conquest of Aram as well as current Turkish politics." -- From publisher's website.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

vii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

General Note:

Conference proceedings.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937872979702486

ISBN:

9783161612480
3161612485

ISSN:

1869-0513

OCLC Number:

1334118998

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International Article Number: 9783161612480

Barcode:

300000520273