Explaining Disaster: Tradition and Transformation of the "Catastrophe of Ibbi-Sin" in Babylonian Literature - Couverture rigide

Schaudig, Hanspeter

 
9783963270741: Explaining Disaster: Tradition and Transformation of the "Catastrophe of Ibbi-Sin" in Babylonian Literature
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 3963270748 ISBN 13 : 9783963270741
Editeur : Zaphon, 2019

Synopsis

The aim of this study is to investigate the philosophy and the reasoning that transformed the plain historical fact of the destruction of the empire of the Third Dynasty of Ur under its king Ibbi-Sin (ca. 2028-2004 BCE) into a balanced and logical model of crime and divine punishment in the course of Babylonian historiography. The study presents nearly 80 excerpts and new editions of Babylonian texts dealing with the fall of the "great city" under an "ill-starred king" by divine disfavour or wrath, among them full new editions of numerous historical omens, the Esa?il Chronicle, the Book of Prodigies and the Religious Chronicle. It also contains excerpts from cultic lamentations, the Royal Correspondence of Ur, the Marduk Prophecy, Chronicle P, the Chedorlaomer Texts and various royal inscriptions.

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Éditeur
Zaphon
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3963270748
ISBN 13 
9783963270741
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
700
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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