Before and after Babel: writing as resistance in Ancient Near Eastern Empires
The ancient Near East is not only where the world's earliest writing system, Babylonian cuneiform, was invented some 5,000 years ago, but also where nearly 2,000 years later numerous other scripts developed each to write a specific language. As a framework for the rich intellectual history of t...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
[2023]
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Reviews: | The Scribal Turn in Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies (2024) (Koller, Aaron J., 1978 -)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ancient Orient
/ Writing
/ History
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| Further subjects: | B
Writing
B Electronic books B Cuneiform writing |
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| Summary: | The ancient Near East is not only where the world's earliest writing system, Babylonian cuneiform, was invented some 5,000 years ago, but also where nearly 2,000 years later numerous other scripts developed each to write a specific language. As a framework for the rich intellectual history of this region's ancient past, this book investigates how this "confusion of tongues" came about, how writings in the multiple languages and scripts interacted with each other, and what the consequences were. Cover -- Before and After Babel -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. Reading Gilgameš in the Zagros Mountains: The Eighteenth Century bc -- 2. In the Spell of Babylonian Writing -- 3. Mystery Guardians of an Ancient Tradition -- 4. The Height of Cosmopolitanism: Reading Gilgameš in Hattusas -- Coda -- 5. Scrupulous Continuity -- 6. Luwian: The Ephemeral Success of a Non-Cosmopolitan Tradition -- 7. Vernaculars That Changed the World: Phoenician and Aramaic -- 8. From Minority Languages to World Literatures: The Hebrew Case -- 9. From Minority Languages to World Literatures: The Greek Case -- 10. The Vernacular and Its Consequences -- Epilogue: Clash of Cosmopoleis? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 347 Seiten), Illustrationen, 1 Karte |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-763468-4 |
