Assyria in the Hebrew Bible

Frahm, Eckart

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“…Of course, there were works of literature and/or art before 1845, but they mostly focused on the fate of Assyria, which was seen as the mother of whores and obscenity (Espesito, 2011, pp. 3-6;Frahm, 2006). Such works included: William Blake's painting The whore of Babylon (1809); the paintings of John Martin:…”

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The return of long-lost Sumero-Akkadian heritage and modern disorders: rediscovering Gilgamesh, Victorian tension, and aftermath

Al-Hadi,

Xiaoling

2024

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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Much has been said about the paradigms that generated and complexed the Victorian and post-Victorian tension, but surprisingly enough no sufficient attention was given to the role of the rediscovery of the Epic of Gilgamesh in this process. This paper first follows the actual origin, process, and importance of the rediscovery and reception of Gilgamesh since the second half of the nineteenth century. Second, the paper argues that Gilgamesh controversy has been central to the great multifaceted tension that defined the Victorian and post-Victorian periods. Finally, the paper attempts to answer the questions of why Gilgamesh has been deemed as a subject of great interest and importance for the modern literary and cultural scholars and general public and what aspects of themselves and their culture they recognized in the ancient Mesopotamian epic and its hero. Such discussions help increasing contemporary awareness of the more famous and more notable than all of cuneiform literatures, the Gilgamesh Epic, and lead therefore to raising awareness of the high richness of Ancient Near Eastern heritage and the crucial significance of preserving Sumer’s and Babylon’s legacy for future generations.

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The return of long-lost Sumero-Akkadian heritage and modern disorders: rediscovering Gilgamesh, Victorian tension, and aftermath

Al-Hadi,

Xiaoling

2024

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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The Assyrian Empire in Contact with the World

Novotny¹

2023

The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East Volume IV

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This chapter discusses the history of the Assyrian Empire between the ninth and seventh centuries bc, principally through the lens of Assyria’s contacts with its contemporaries. In addition to providing a brief overview of the primary source material—in particular royal inscriptions and correspondence, two genres of texts that record some details about Assyria’s numerous interactions with the outside world—this contribution examines certain key events in order to highlight the empire’s complex relationship with its neighbors, rivals, and allies. These include Ashurnasirpal II’s lavish festivities that inaugurated his newly constructed palace and capital at Kalhu; the Battle of Qarqar between Shalmaneser III and a coalition of twelve Levantine kings; Esarhaddon’s public nomination of his royal successors on the thrones of Assyria and Babylon; the “brother war” between Ashurbanipal and Šamaš-šumu-ukin; and the fall of Assyria. The chapter also addresses external influences on Assyria, in particular the incorporation of Anatolian architectural features into Assyrian royal residences; Babylon’s function as a model for Sargon II’s new capital Dur-Šarrukin; and that city’s influence on the cult and temple of the god Aššur during the reign of Sennacherib.

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Assyria in the Hebrew Bible

Cited by 2 publications

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The return of long-lost Sumero-Akkadian heritage and modern disorders: rediscovering Gilgamesh, Victorian tension, and aftermath

The return of long-lost Sumero-Akkadian heritage and modern disorders: rediscovering Gilgamesh, Victorian tension, and aftermath

The Assyrian Empire in Contact with the World

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