Nebuchadrezzar and Babylon: The Schweich Lectures of The British Academy 1983OUP/British Academy, 21/03/1991 - 142 páginas This new examination of the region of Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon (605-562 BC) includes revised interpretations of the Babylonian Chronicles for his reign, especially for the years of the campaigns against the West and the capture of Jerusalem. Excavations at Babylon are used to give a view of the city in Neo-Babylonian times, including the royal `Hanging Gardens' and the ziggurat. The varied literary genres current in this city of learning in the sixth century BC (including dreams and prophecies) and the role of hostages, exiles, and prisoners of war are used to throw light on the life of the Jewish exiles there. An assessment of the character of Nebuchadrezzar as a military and political leader, religious devotee and legal administrator is attempted on the basis of textual evidence. |
Índice
Ancestry | 5 |
Career | 12 |
Coronation | 19 |
Capture of Jerusalem | 32 |
Against Egypt | 39 |
Building | 51 |
Canals | 57 |
Temples | 64 |
Court List | 73 |
SOME BIBLICAL AND OTHER TRADITIONS | 81 |
Apocalyptic | 93 |
Illness | 104 |
City of refuge | 107 |
vii | 115 |
| 122 | |
Palavras e frases frequentes
accession Amel-Marduk Ancient Antiq Aramaic army Ashkelon Ashurbanipal Assyrian astronomical attested Babylonian Chronicle Babylonian king Babylonian texts Berger Berossus Borsippa brick Brinkman canal Carchemish century B.C. Chaldean citadel court Cuneiform Texts Daniel Darius dated dream dynasty earlier Egypt Egyptian Elam Esagil Esarhaddon Etemenanki Euphrates evidence excavations exiles Gadd Gardens gate given Grayson Greek Hattu Herodotus ibid included indicate inscriptions interpretation Iraq Ishtar Jehoiachin Jehoiakim Jeremiah Jerusalem Josephus Judah Judean Kalhu kidinnu king of Babylon Koldewey kudurru kummu Lambert land Langdon later lugal Malamat Marduk Mesopotamia military Nabonidus Nabopolassar Nabû Nebuchadrezzar Nebuchadrezzar II Neo-Babylonian Neriglissar Nineveh Nippur officials Old Testament Oppenheim palace period reconstruction reference reign restoration Riblah river rôle royal ruler šar šarri Seleucid Sennacherib siege Sippar Spalinger statue Streck street tablet temple throne tradition tribute Tyre Unger unpublished Uruk Voigtlander 1964 wall Weidner Wiseman Zedekiah ziggurat
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Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History Susan E. Alcock Pré-visualização indisponível - 2001 |
The Judean Pillar-figurines and the Archaeology of Asherah Raz Kletter Pré-visualização indisponível - 1996 |