Discovering Babylon

Rannfrid Thelle (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

188 Seiten

2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-49675-3 (ISBN)

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This volume presents Babylon as it has been passed down through Western culture: through the Bible, classical texts, in Medieval travel accounts, and through depictions of the Tower motif in art. It then details the discovery of the material culture remains of Babylon from the middle of the 19th century and through the great excavation of 1899-1917, and focuses on the encounter between the Babylon of tradition and the Babylon unearthed by the archaeologists. This book is unique in its multi-disciplinary approach, combining expertise in biblical studies and Assyriology with perspectives on history, art history, intellectual history, reception studies and contemporary issues.

Rannfrid Thelle is Assistant Professor in the Department of Women’s Studies and Religion at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas, USA.

Preface; Chapter 1: Beginning Discovery; Chapter 2: Biblical Babylon; Chapter 3: European Visions of Babylon; Chapter 4: Ad fontes? Babylon of the Greeks; Chapter 5: The Discovery of Mesopotamia; Chapter 6: From the Sources of Babylon; Chapter 7: Babel and Bible; Chapter 8: Babylon’s Resurrection; Chapter 9: Back to the Future; Appendix 1. Ancient Texts Referred to in the Book; Appendix 2. Major Deities in Ancient Babylonian Religion; Appendix 3. Time Table; Appendix 4. Important Dates in the History of Babylon; Index

Erscheinungsdatum	02.03.2020
Reihe/Serie	Studies in the History of the Ancient Near East
Zusatzinfo	2 Tables, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	0-367-49675-5 / 0367496755
ISBN-13	978-0-367-49675-3 / 9780367496753
Zustand	Neuware