War and Ethics in the Ancient Near East
Military Violence in Light of Cosmology and History
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Beschreibung
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.
Autor*in
C. L. Crouch
Themen in »War and Ethics in the Ancient Near East«
Cosmology Ethics History Ideology War Krieg Ethik Kosmologie Ideologie Alter Orient /Geschichte