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War and ethics in the ancient Near East : military violence in light of cosmology and history /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crouch, Carly L. (Carly Lorraine), 1982-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, [2009]
Series:Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 407.
Subjects:
Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Old Testament > Ethics.
Military art and science > Middle East > History.
Violence > Religious aspects > Judaism.
War > Biblical teaching.
War > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Military art and science > Moral and ethical aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • Ideology and the confrontation of cultures
  • Assyrian cosmology
  • Judahite and Israelite cosmology
  • Ethics of the Assyrian élite
  • Ethics of the Judahite and Israelite élite
  • Ethics of the non-élite
  • Developments in Assyrian ethics
  • Developments in Judahite and Israelite ethics I
  • Developments in Judahite and Israelite ethics II.