Self-Defense as a casus belli in Ancient Mesopotamian and Hittite Literature and in the Hebrew Bible
In ancient Near Eastern literature, the concept of self-defense serves more than simply as a justification for mobilizing an in-group to commit collective violence against one or more out-groups; it also reveals important features of the religious worldviews of the societies that produced such liter...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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Hebrew bible and ancient Israel
Year: 2021, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 30-44 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
David, Israel, König
/ Royal inscription
/ Assyrian language
/ Self-defence
/ Conquest
/ Story
/ Esther (Film)
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| IxTheo Classification: | HD Early Judaism TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | In ancient Near Eastern literature, the concept of self-defense serves more than simply as a justification for mobilizing an in-group to commit collective violence against one or more out-groups; it also reveals important features of the religious worldviews of the societies that produced such literature. This study will compare the religious worldviews underlying the motif of self-defense in Mesopotamian literature, Hittite literature, and the Hebrew Bible, revealing both lines of continuity and important differences in the conception of the collective »self« in these literatures. |
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| ISSN: | 2192-2284 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hebrew bible and ancient Israel
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1628/hebai-2021-0004 |