War and Ethics in the Ancient Near East: Military Violence in Light of Cosmology and History

by C.L. Crouch

Book Overview

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.
In all three societies, the mythological traditions surrounding creation reflect a strong connection between war, kingship and the establishment of order. Human...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110485966
• ISBN13: 9783110485967
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary