The Characterization of an Empire: The Portrayal of the Assyrians in Kings and Chronicles

The Characterization of an Empire: The Portrayal of the Assyrians in Kings and Chronicles
ISBN-10
1532646615
ISBN-13
9781532646614
Category
Religion
Pages
310
Language
English
Published
2018-07-06
Publisher
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Author
Mary Katherine Yem Hing Hom

Description

Assyria—the missing link in the superpower oppressor type in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament—still suffers from modern scholarly neglect. The Characterization of an Empire aims to alleviate this neglect while also elucidating the historical biblical books that convey characterizations of Assyrians. The narratological insights gained throughout this study contribute to biblical literary studies at rigorous, detailed, sometimes deep, and sometimes complex levels. Thus, this book offers to be not only a contribution to the general corpus of biblical literary studies, but also an expansion of our paradigms regarding the detail, depth, and complexity at which narratological intention and artistry function in the biblical text.

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