C. L. Crouch

War and Ethics in the Ancient Near East (eBook, PDF)

Military Violence in Light of Cosmology and History

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The monograph considers the relationships of ethical systems in the ancient Near East through a study of warfare in Judah, Israel and Assyria in the eighth and seventh centuries BCE. It argues that a common cosmological and ideological outlook generated similarities in ethical thinking, with kings' military activities made morally imperative by their identification with a cosmic struggle against chaos. The research begins the discussion of ancient Near Eastern ethics outside of Israel and Judah and fills a scholarly void by placing Israelite and Judahite ethics within this context.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Walter de Gruyter
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783110223521
• Artikelnr.: 48600238

Autorenporträt

Carly L. Crouch, University of Cambridge.