Babylonian Chronographic Texts From The Hellenistic Period
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Babylonian Chronographic Texts From The Hellenistic Period
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Author : R. J. van der Spek
language : en
Publisher: SBL Press
Release Date : 2025-05-30
Babylonian Chronographic Texts From The Hellenistic Period written by R. J. van der Spek and has been published by SBL Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-05-30 with Religion categories.
A comprehensive edition of Akkadian chronographic texts from the fourth to the first centuries BCE Babylonian Chronographic Texts from the Hellenistic Period gathers in a single volume previously unpublished tablets together with those that have appeared before, including the Babylonian chronicles, the historical sections of the Astronomical Diaries, the Babylonian and Uruk King Lists, and the Antiochus Cylinder from Borsippa. The volume offers new descriptions, transliterations, and translations of each tablet, together with full linguistic and historical commentary. This comprehensive collection brings these important historiographic tools to a broader audience of scholars of history, biblical studies, and the ancient world. An appendix with entries on political institutions, temples, important persons, and Babylonian and Greek words makes this an indispensable tool for students.
Personal Names In Cuneiform Texts From Babylonia C 750 100 Bce
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Author : Caroline Waerzeggers
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2024-01-18
Personal Names In Cuneiform Texts From Babylonia C 750 100 Bce written by Caroline Waerzeggers and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-18 with Social Science categories.
Personal names provide fascinating testimony to Babylonia's multi-ethnic society. This volume offers a practical introduction to the repertoire of personal names recorded in cuneiform texts from Babylonia in the first millennium BCE. In this period, individuals moved freely as well as involuntarily across the ancient Middle East, leaving traces of their presence in the archives of institutions and private persons in southern Mesopotamia. The multilingual nature of this name material poses challenges for students and researchers who want to access these data as part of their exploration of the social history of the region in the period. This volume offers guidelines and tools that will help readers navigate this difficult material. The title is also available Open Access on Cambridge Core.
The Human And The Divine
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2025-02-13
The Human And The Divine written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-02-13 with Religion categories.
This volume offers detailed insights into both familiar and overlooked aspects of how humans engage with sanctity and the divine in various cultures of Mesopotamia, the Mediterranean, and Beyond. Each chapter is dedicated to a specific theme—whether a region or phenomenon—from Prehistoric times to the Modern era, exposing readers to a whirlwind of impressions presented by individuals who have studied or been captivated by particular subjects. Framing the individual case studies are broader presentations by the editors, who highlight key issues with the aim of reviving a multidisciplinary dialogue and encouraging reader participation.
Cultures Of Resistance In The Hellenistic East
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Author : Paul J. Kosmin
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022-05-26
Cultures Of Resistance In The Hellenistic East written by Paul J. Kosmin and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-26 with History categories.
This collaborative volume examines revolts and resistance to the successor states, formed after Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian empire, as a transregional phenomenon. The editors have assembled an array of specialists in the study of the various regions and cultures of the Hellenistic world - Judea, Egypt, Babylonia, Central Asia, and Asia Minor - in an effort to trace comparisons and connections between episodes and modes of resistance. The volume seeks to unite the currently dominant social-scientific orientation to ancient resistance and revolt with perspectives, often coming from religious studies, that are more attentive to local cultural, religious, and moral frameworks. In re-assessing these frameworks, contributors move beyond Greek/non-Greek binaries to examine resistance as complex and entangled: acts and articulations of resistance are not purely nativistic or 'nationalist', but conditioned by local traditions of government, historical memories of prior periods, as well as emergent transregional Hellenistic political and cultural idioms. Cultures of Resistance in the Hellenistic East is organized into three parts. The first part investigates the Great Theban Revolt and the Maccabean Revolt, the central cases for large, organized, and prolonged military uprisings against the Hellenistic kingdoms. The second part examines the full gamut of indigenous self-assertion and resistant action, including theologies of monarchic inadequacy, patterns of historical periodization and textual interpretation, and claims to sites of authority. The volume's final part turns to the more ambiguous assertions of local autonomy and identity that emerge in the frontier regions that slipped in and out of the grasp of the great Hellenistic powers.
Of Priests And Kings The Babylonian New Year Festival In The Last Age Of Cuneiform Culture
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Author : Céline Debourse
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2022-02-28
Of Priests And Kings The Babylonian New Year Festival In The Last Age Of Cuneiform Culture written by Céline Debourse and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-28 with History categories.
Editing and examining source-critically for the first time the Late Babylonian ritual texts dealing with the New Year Festival, this book proposes an incisive re-interpretation of the most frequently discussed of all Mesopotamian rituals. The festival’s twelve-day paradigm is dissolved in favor of a more historically dynamic model, with the ritual texts being firmly anchored in the Hellenistic period. As part of a larger group of texts constituting what can be called Late Babylonian Priestly Literature, they reflect the Babylonian priesthoods’ fears and aspirations of that time much more than an actual ritual reality.
Nicator Seleucus And His Empire
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Author : Lise Hannestad
language : en
Publisher: Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Release Date : 2020-06-12
Nicator Seleucus And His Empire written by Lise Hannestad and has been published by Aarhus Universitetsforlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-12 with Social Science categories.
When the vast empire of Alexander the Great broke up, the Macedonian general Seleucus secured the lion’s share for himself and went on to become the longest-lived of Alexander’s successors. His tactical skills and his military innovations – including his use of war elephants on a scale never seen before in the West – earned him the epithet Nicator, “victorious”. When he died at the hands of an assassin in 281 BC, Seleucus ruled over a larger territory than any Hellenistic monarch before or since his time, stretching from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean. This book is a study of his life and achievements, his time and his legacy. It is based on Graeco-Roman and Babylonian written sources as well as on the rapidly growing body of archaeological evidence. Lise Hannestad is professor emerita of Classical Archaeology at Aarhus University. Her main research areas are the Near East in the Hellenistic period, the Etruscans and Black Sea archaeology.
Performance Spaces And Stage Technologies
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Author : Yuji Nawata
language : en
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Release Date : 2022-01-05
Performance Spaces And Stage Technologies written by Yuji Nawata and has been published by transcript Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-05 with Performing Arts categories.
The history of theatre has often been written as a history of great writers, actors, or directors. This book takes a different approach: The contributors examine the history of performance from the perspective of theatre spaces and stage technologies. Art, literature, religion, law, urbanism, architecture, technology – this interdisciplinary book discusses how these fields relate to theatre and performance. Geographically, it covers a significant portion of the globe; chronologically, it ranges from ancient times to the present. This book provides a timely attempt to combine cultural and global history.
Brill S Companion To War In The Ancient Iranian Empires
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2024-10-21
Brill S Companion To War In The Ancient Iranian Empires written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-10-21 with History categories.
Brill’s Companion to War in the Ancient Iranian Empires examines military structures and methods from the Elamite period through the Achaemenid, Seleucid, Arsacid, and Sasanian empires. War played a critical role in Iranian state formation and dynastic transitions, imperial ideologies and administration, and relations with neighbouring states and peoples from Central Asia to the Mediterranean. Twenty chapters by leading experts offer fresh approaches to the study of ancient Iranian armies, strategy, diplomacy, and battlefield methods, and contextualise famous conflicts with Greek and Roman opponents.
Politics Of Pasts And Futures In Post Imperial Contexts
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Author : Sebastian Fahner
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2024-12-02
Politics Of Pasts And Futures In Post Imperial Contexts written by Sebastian Fahner and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-12-02 with History categories.
Although empires have played a decisive role in political thinking and the orientation of political goals at all times, the focus of research has so far mostly been on spatial and ideological aspects. This volume, on the other hand, offers a multi-disciplinary collection of studies that deal with the instrumentalization and ongoing impacts of perspectives on empire and their place in time. Coming from archaeology, history, art history, literary studies, and social sciences, the individual case studies discuss perceptions of imperial histories and imagined futures of empires, both in imperial and in post-imperial contexts. The transcending historical significance of the imperial ideas and ideals shows the deep and long-lasting effects of empire in landscapes, mindscapes, and social structures. The diachronic cut through all epochs from antiquity to modern times is complemented by a broad global view to deepen the temporal understanding of imperial imaginaries as well as their political implications.
The Cambridge Companion To The Ancient Greek Economy
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Author : Sitta von Reden
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-08-04
The Cambridge Companion To The Ancient Greek Economy written by Sitta von Reden and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-04 with Business & Economics categories.
Detailed introduction explaining how ancient Greek economies functioned, and why they were stable and successful over long periods of time.