Myth and Politics in Ancient Near Eastern Historiography
by Mario Liverani, University of Rome “La Sapienza”
Contributors: Zainab Bahrani, Columbia UniversityMarc Van De Mieroop, Columbia University, (Volume Editors)
The essays collected in this volume represent a selection of studies, previously published mainly in Italian, that make explicit use of anthropological and semiological tools in order to analyze important texts of historical nature from various regions of the Ancient Near East. They suggest that these historiographical texts were of a ‘true’ historical nature, and that the literary forms and mental models employed were very apt at accomplishing the intended results. Two different aspects are especially emphasized: myth and politics.
ISBN-13 (Hardback) 9781904768043
Price (Hardback) £65.00
ISBN-13 (Paperback) 9781845532802
Price (Paperback) £24.95
ISBN (eBook) 9781845534714
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Publication 01/08/2004
Pages 232
Size 234 x 156mm
Readership Scholars
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