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Hardcover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. xxix, 942 pages : il. ; 25 cm Contents: Propaganda, literature, historiography : cracking the code of the Assyrian royal inscriptions -- History and ideology in the Assyrian royal inscriptions -- Observations on Assyrian historiography -- Sennacherib, king of justice -- Autobiographical apology in the royal Assyrian literature -- World dominion : the expanding horizon of the Assyrain empire -- Temple city and royal city in Babylonia and Assyria -- Monarchy and the elite in Assyria and Babylonia : the question of royal accountability -- The role of the chief eunuch and the place of the eunuchs in the Assyrian empire -- The Aramization of Assyria : aspects of western impact -- Treaty and oath in the Ancient Near East : a historian's approach -- The campaigns of Sargon II of Assur : a chronological-historical study -- The historical inscriptions of Adad-nirari III -- The urbi of Hezekiah -- An Assyrian victory chant and related matters -- Observations on two inscriptions of Esarhaddon : prism Nineveh A and the letter to the God -- Gyges and Ashurbanipal : a study in literary transmission -- Nabopolassar and Sin-shum-lishir in a literary perspective -- The inscriptions of Nabunaid : historical arrangement -- Heavenly wisdom -- Fragments of clay liver moderls from Hazor -- A lawsuit from Hazor -- A lexicographical text from Hazor -- The seal of Bel-Asharedu : a case of "migration." The chronology of the Ancient Near East in the second millennium BCE -- The chronology of the First Temple period : a presentation and evaluation of the sources -- Hammurabi and his age -- The decline of empires in Western Asia ca. 1200 BCE -- Philistia under Assyrain rule -- Sennacherib's campaign to Judah : historical and historiographical considerations -- The sin of Sargon and Sennacherib's last will -- Darius I, Pseudo-Smerdis, and the magi -- "The people" and the kingship in ancient Israel : the role of political institutions in the biblical period -- The historical background of the prophecies of Hosea -- The Meunites in the book of Chronicles in the light of an Assyrian document -- Ahaz and Tiglath-Pilezer in the book of Kings : historiographic considerations -- Some aspects of the history of Samaria during the biblical period -- The rise of Cyrus and the historical background of his declaration -- "The appointed time has not yet arrived" : the historical background of Haggai 1:2 -- The origins of Israel as seen in the exilic and post-exilic ages -- "And if given strength, eighty years" : the terms for longevity in Akkadian, biblical Hebrew and Mishnaic Hebrew -- Nineveh, Calah and Israel : on Assyriology and the origins of biblical archaeology -- Thoughts concerning assyriology and its relationship to the study of the Bible and the history of the people of Israel during the biblical period -- The nascence and development of the Department of Assyriology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Condición: good. A former college library book with all the expected stamps, stickers and markings. Some shelf, storage or usage wear present. The binding is tight and all pages are present. Missing dustjacket, as pictured. The pages appear unmarked. Pictures available upon request. Individually inspected by Scott. Thanks for supporting an independent bookseller!