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This volume presents a political history of the Arameans from their earliest origins at the end of the Bronze Age to the demise of their independent polities. Employing the most recent understanding of tribal political structures, aspects of mobile pastoralism, and models of migration, K. Lawson Younger Jr. takes a regional approach to explain the rise of the Aramean political institutions. He thoroughly explores the complex relationships and interactions of the Arameans with the Luwians, the Assyrians, and the Israelites. By drawing on all available sources—sociological, textual, and archaeological—Younger is able to develop a comprehensive picture of this complex and important people whose influence and presence spanned the Fertile Crescent during the Iron Age.

Arameans --- History --- Politics and government --- Middle East --- History. --- Politics and government. --- Ethnology --- Arameans - History --- Arameans - Politics and government --- Middle East - Politics and government

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Works on Old Testament historiography, the 'Conquest', and the origins of ancient Israel have burgeoned in recent days. But while others have been issuing new reconstructions this novel work presents a close reading of the biblical text. The focus is on the literary techniques that ancient writers employed in narrating stories of conquest, and the aim is to pinpoint their communicative intentions in their own contexts. This reading is enhanced by engagement with the important discipline of the philosophy of history. Ancient Conquest accounts, replete with extensive quotations from Assyrian, Hi

Historiography --- Historical criticism --- History --- Authorship --- History. --- Criticism --- Middle East --- 930.21 <33> --- 930.21 <32> --- 930.21 <35> --- 930.21 <35> Historiografie. Geschiedenis van de geschiedwetenschap--Tweestromenland en het Oude Midden-Oosten --- Historiografie. Geschiedenis van de geschiedwetenschap--Tweestromenland en het Oude Midden-Oosten --- 930.21 <32> Historiografie. Geschiedenis van de geschiedwetenschap--Oud-Egypte --- Historiografie. Geschiedenis van de geschiedwetenschap--Oud-Egypte --- 930.21 <33> Historiografie. Geschiedenis van de geschiedwetenschap--Oud-Palestina. Judea --- Historiografie. Geschiedenis van de geschiedwetenschap--Oud-Palestina. Judea

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The Context of Scripture Online illuminatingly presents the multi-faceted world of ancient writing that forms the colorful background to the literature of the Hebrew Bible. Designed as a thorough and enduring reference work for all engaged in the study of the Bible and the ancient Near East, the Context of Scripture Online provides reliable access to a broad, balanced, and representative collection of Ancient Near Eastern texts that have an impact on the interpretation of the Bible. Each entry includes an introduction to the text, an authoritative translation, commentary, and bibliographic references.

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