Myth and Politics in Ancient Near Eastern Historiography (Studies in Egyptology & the Ancient Near East) (Studies in Egyptology & the Ancient Near East) - Softcover

Mario Liverani

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845532805 ISBN 13: 9781845532802

Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd,SW11, 2007

Synopsis

The essays collected in this volume represent a selection of studies, previously published mainly in Italian, that make explicit use of anthropological and semiological tools in order to analyze important texts of historical nature from various regions of the Ancient Near East. They suggest that these historiographical texts were of a 'true' historical nature, and that the literary forms and mental models employed were very apt at accomplishing the intended results. Two different aspects are especially emphasized: myth and politics.

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Review:

Mario Liverani s work is among the most original and penetrating in the discipline of ancient Near Eastern studies. I recommend this brilliant and fascinating book with high enthusiasm. --Benjamin R. Foster, Laffan Professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature and Curator of the Yale Babylonian Collection, Yale University

This collection of his classic essays, selected by Liverani himself, and presented in English for the first time, displays Liverani s brilliance in dissecting a variety of myths, treaties, royal inscriptions, letters and Biblical narratives. --Norman Yoffee, Professor of Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan

About the Author:

Mario Liverani is Professor of History of the Ancient Near East at the University of Rome La Sapienza .

About this edition

• Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd,SW11
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1845532805
• ISBN 13: 9781845532802
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Zainab Bahrani, Marc Van De Mieroop