Various disciplines that deal with Achaemenid rule offer starkly different assessments of Persian kingship. While Assyriologists treat Cyrus's heirs as legitimate successors of the Babylonian kings, biblical scholars often speak of a kingless era in which the priesthood took over the function of the Davidic monarch. Egyptologists see their land as uniquely independently minded despite conquests, while Hellenistic scholarship tends to evaluate the interface between Hellenism and native traditions without reference to the previous two centuries of Persian rule. This volume brings together in dialogue a broad array of scholars with the goal of seeking a broader context for assessing Persian kingship through the anthropological concept of political memory.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Society of Biblical Literature
ISBN-13
9780884140900
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221891907
Product Key Features
Book Title
Political Memory in and after the Persian Empire
Author
Caroline Waerzeggers, Jason M Silverman
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Archaeology, Religious History, Christianity, History
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
516 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Volume
13
Item Weight
925g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Ancient Near East Monographs
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Jason M Silverman, Caroline Waerzeggers
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