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War and ethics in the ancient Near East : military violence in light of cosmology and history /

The monograph considers the relationships of ethical systems in the ancient Near East through a study of warfare in Judah, Israel and Assyria in the eighth and seventh centuries BCE. It argues that a common cosmological and ideological outlook generated similarities in ethical thinking, with kings℗þ...

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Main Author: Crouch, Carly L. 1982-
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, ℗♭2009.
Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fu˜r die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 407.
Subjects:
Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > Ethics.
Altes Testament.
Ethics in the Bible.
Military art and science > Middle East > History.
Violence > Religious aspects > Judaism.
War > Biblical teaching.
War > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Military art and science > Moral and ethical aspects.
RELIGION > Judaism > Theology.
Ethik.
Kosmologie.
Krieg.
Alter Orient.
Israel <Altertum>
Electronic books.
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