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Eph'Al Israel

The City Besieged. Siege and Its Manifestations in the Ancient Near East (Culture & History of the Ancient Near East, 36)

Brill 2009,

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Author
Eph'Al Israel
Publishers
Brill 2009
Keyword
Ancient
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
As New
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

8vo, Hardcover, Pages, Illustr.: xviii, 211 pp.Language: English. ISBN 9789004174108. Exploring the military, legal, social and literary aspects of ancient warfare, this study examines the multifaceted nature of the siege phenomenon in the Ancient Near East. The book is based on Akkadian and biblical (and, to lesser degree, Greek, Aramaic, Egyptian, Hittite and Ugaritic) sources as well as on the depictions on reliefs from Assyrian palaces and Egyptian temples. The analysis incorporates lexical study and military thinking and focuses on the technology of warfare and human behavior in a state of emergency. This volume is a co-publication between Brill and The Hebrew University Magnes Press. ".this book serves as an excellent overview of siege practices and their result as seen from the biblical and Mesopotamian perspective." Michael G. Hasel, Institute of Archaeology Southern Adventist University