War and Ethics in the Ancient Near East

Author： Crouch   C. L.  

Publisher： De Gruyter‎

Publication year： 2009

E-ISBN: 9783110223521

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9783110223514

Subject： B971.1 Old Testament

Keyword： 宗教

Language： ENG

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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’ military activities made morally imperative by their identification with a cosmic struggle against chaos. The research begins the discussion of ancient Near Eastern ethics outside of Israel and Judah and fills a scholarly void by placing Israelite and Judahite ethics within this context.

Chapter

Frontmatter

Contents

1. Introduction

Part I Ideology, cosmology and ethics

2. Ideology and the confrontation of cultures

3. Assyrian cosmology

4. Judahite and Israelite cosmology

Part II Ethics and society

5. Ethics of the Assyrian élite

6. Ethics of the Judahite and Israelite élite

7. Ethics of the non-élite

Part III Ethics and history

8. Developments in Assyrian ethics

9. Developments in Judahite and Israelite ethics I

10. Developments in Judahite and Israelite ethics II

11. Conclusions

Backmatter

Frontmatter

Contents

1. Introduction

Part I Ideology, cosmology and ethics

Part II Ethics and society

Part III Ethics and history

11. Conclusions

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