Politische Loyalität und religiöse Legitimierung

The Aramaic Ahiqar is a composition of two parts: a narrative courtier tale and a collection of older wisdom sayings. A key aspect combining these two parts, which do not belong together genetically, is the display of the king and the court. The Assyrian court is the setting of the narrative, but it...

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Main Author: Wigand, Ann-Kristin 1988- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:German
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Published: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht [2018]
In: Die Welt des Orients
Year: 2018, Volume: 48, Issue: 1, Pages: 128-150
IxTheo Classification:BC Ancient Orient; religion
KBL Near East and North Africa
TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
ZC Politics in general
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Summary:The Aramaic Ahiqar is a composition of two parts: a narrative courtier tale and a collection of older wisdom sayings. A key aspect combining these two parts, which do not belong together genetically, is the display of the king and the court. The Assyrian court is the setting of the narrative, but it proves to be a literary fiction rather than a historical memory. Reading the narrative and distinct sayings in conjunction, both formal aspects point to the formation of this literary unit in Persian time and the content seems to be a reflection of Achaemenid power politics. This can be stressed taking into account genuine Persian royal inscriptions, such as the Bisutun inscription. This paper proposes that since both, Ahiqar and Bisutun, were known in Achaemenid Elephantine as school texts, they might have served the same purpose - the education of officials - using different literary means.
ISSN:2196-9019
Contains:Enthalten in: Die Welt des Orients
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.13109/wdor.2018.48.1.128