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1 online resource (513 p.) |
| Series |
Culture and History of the Ancient near East Series ; v.136 |
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Culture and History of the Ancient near East Series
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Introduction. New Trends in Iron Age Levantine Polities and Politics -- 1. Setting Up the Problem -- 2. Nation, Empire and the Formation of Trans-Local Polities -- 3. A Note on the Term "Polity" -- 4. Structure of the Book -- Part 1. -- Chapter 1. Nation and the Impact of Ethnocultural Elements on Politics: A Survey of Native Terminology -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Kinship Terminology and Social Institutions in Biblical and Other Northwest Semitic Traditions: An Overview |
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Chapter 3. Ethnocultural Elements and Political Identity in the Iron Age Levant (2): The Role of "National Gods" and Religion -- 1. Introduction -- 2. "National Gods" and Religion in Transjordan -- 3. Yahweh as the "National" God in Both Israel and Judah: Onomastic Evidence -- 4. Divine Message and an Israelite-Judean "National" Identity -- 5. The Pan-Israelite Passover and a Pan-Israelite Identity -- 6. Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Ethnocultural Elements and Political Identity in the Iron Age Levant (3): The Role of Language and Script -- 1. Introduction |
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2. Language and Script in the Transjordan: "The Difference Is in the Detail" -- 3. Language and Script of the Israel and Judah -- 4. The Question of a Common Aramean Identity from the Linguistic Perspective -- 5. Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Cultural Elements and Political Identity: A Summary of Different Scenarios in the Iron Age Levant -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cultural Elements on the Construction of Political Identity in Moab through the Lens of the Mesha Stele -- 3. Israel and Judah in the Iron Age: Cultural Unity and Political Division? -- 4. The Arameans: What's in a Name? |
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5. The Neo-Hittites, the Phoenicians and the Arabs: Limited Cultural Commonality without Impact on Political Organization -- 6. Conclusion -- Part 2. -- Chapter 6. Empire, Universal Empire and Imperial Ideology: Theoretical Concerns and Case Studies -- 1. Introduction to Part II and the Present Chapter -- 2. Issues of Definitions and Criteria -- 3. The Universal Empire? -- 4. The Mesopotamian Universal Empire and Its Limits -- 5. Assyria and Other Large States: From a Terminological Perspective -- 6. Conclusion |
| Summary |
In Nation and Empire as Two Trends of Political Organization in the Iron Age Levant MEI Hualong offers a terminological and textual analysis of national and imperial ideologies in the Iron Age Levant and the interaction between them |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Chapter 7. The Impact of External Imperialism in the Levant and Mutual Perception of the Center and the Periphery |
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Electronic books
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004685581 |
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9004685588 |
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