The Wealth of Nations: a tradition-historical study
Cover -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Tradition History and Art History: Toward a Synthesis -- A. Creatio ex Traditione -- B. Tradition and Society -- C. Tradition History (Traditionsgeschichte) and Transmission History (Überlieferungsgeschichte) -- D. Iconogra...
| Summary: | Cover -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Tradition History and Art History: Toward a Synthesis -- A. Creatio ex Traditione -- B. Tradition and Society -- C. Tradition History (Traditionsgeschichte) and Transmission History (Überlieferungsgeschichte) -- D. Iconography and Tradition History -- E. Putting Theory into Practice: The Wealth of Nations Tradition -- Chapter 2: The Wealth of Nations Tradition in the Hebrew Bible -- A. Defining the Body of Textual Evidence -- B. Poetry, Colometry, and Compositional History -- C. A Linguistic, Generic, and Diachronic Profile of the Biblical Texts -- I. 1 Kgs 10:1-10, 13//2 Chr 9:1-9, 12 -- 1. Contents and Genre -- 2. Compositional History -- II. 1 Kgs 10:15//2 Chr 9:14 -- 1. Contents and Genre -- 2. Compositional History -- III. 1 Kgs 10:23-25//2 Chr 9:22-24 -- 1. Contents and Genre -- 2. Compositional History -- IV. 2 Chr 32:23 -- 1. Contents and Genre -- 2. Compositional History -- V. Isa 18:7 -- 1. Contents and Genre -- 2. Compositional History -- VI. Isa 45:14 -- 1. Contents and Genre -- 2. Compositional History -- VII. Isa 60:4-17 -- 61:5-6 -- 1. Contents and Genre -- 2. Compositional History -- VIII. Isa 66:12 -- 1. Contents and Genre -- 2. Compositional History -- IX. Zeph 3:10 -- 1. Contents and Genre -- 2. Compositional History -- X. Ps 68:19a, 29-32 -- 1. Contents and Genre -- 2. Compositional History -- XI. Ps 72:10-11 -- 1. Contents and Genre -- 2. Compositional History -- XII. Ps 76:12 -- 1. Contents and Genre -- 2. Compositional History -- XIII. Ps 96:7-8//1 Chr 16:28-29 -- 1. Contents and Genre -- 2. Compositional History -- D. A Tabular Presentation of all Linguistic, Generic, and Diachronic Evidence from Chapters 3-4 -- I. Wealth Bearers -- II. The Terminology of Foreign Wealth -- III. The Terminology of Wealth-Bearing. IV. The Recipients of Foreign Wealth -- V. Genre Distribution -- VI. Chronology of Texts -- E. Conclusions -- Chapter 3: The Wealth of Nations Tradition in the Ancient Near East: Textual and Visual Evidence -- A. Introducing the Materials -- B. Iconographic Evidence -- I. Mesopotamia -- 1. Tribute Reliefs from Room D of the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.E.) at Kalhu/Nimrud -- a) Pre-Iconographic Description and Genre/Category Analysis -- b) Iconographic Analysis -- c) Functional Analysis -- d) Iconographic Interpretation -- 2. The Mamu Temple Gates of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.E.) from Balawat (Imgur-Enlil) -- a) Pre-Iconographic Description and Genre/Category Analysis -- b) Iconographic Analysis -- c) Functional Analysis -- d) Iconographic Interpretation -- 3. The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III (858-824 B.C.E.) -- a) Pre-Iconographic Description and Genre/Category Analysis -- b) Iconographic Analysis -- c) Functional Analysis -- d) Iconographic Interpretation -- 4. Ivories from the Nabû Tempel at Kalhu/Nimrud -- a) Pre-Iconographic Description and Genre/Category Analysis -- b) Iconographic Analysis -- c) Functional Analysis -- d) Iconographic Interpretation -- II. Persia -- 1. The Apadana Reliefs at Persepolis -- a) Pre-Iconographic Description and Genre/Category Analysis -- b) Iconographic Analysis -- c) Functional Analysis -- d) Iconographic Interpretation -- 2. Excursus: Seal Impressions from Dascylium and a Presentation Scene on the Inner Surface of a Shield -- III. Levant -- IV. Egypt: The Third Intermediate Period (1069-702 B.C.E.), the Late Period (747-525 B.C.E.), and the Persian Period (525-332 B.C.E.) -- 1. The Victory Stele of Piya (747-716 B.C.E.) -- a) Pre-Iconographic Description and Genre/Category Analysis -- b) Iconographic Analysis -- c) Functional Analysis -- d) Iconographic Interpretation V. Summary of the Iconographic Evidence -- C. Literary Evidence -- I. Mesopotamia -- 1. Assyrian Texts -- a) With References to Specific Nations -- b) "Totalizing" Texts -- 2. Babylonian Texts -- II. Persia -- III. Levant -- IV. Egypt: The Third Intermediate Period (1069-702 B.C.E.), the Late Period (747-525 B.C.E.), and the Persian Period (525-332 B.C.E.) -- V. Summary of the Literary Evidence -- D. Conclusions -- Chapter 4: Tradition-Historical 'Biography' of the Wealth of Nations Tradition: Conclusions -- A. Sketching a Tradition-Historical 'Biography' of the Wealth of Nations Tradition -- I. The Tradition Maintained -- II. The Tradition in Transformation -- III. Genre and Social Location -- B. The Visual and the Verbal -- C. Creatio ex Traditione -- Appendix: Figures -- Bibliography -- Index of Old Testament References -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Names and Subjects |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (290 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-3-16-154543-6 |
