"A Community of Peoples"
Studies on Society and Politics in the Bible and Ancient Near East in Honor of Daniel E. Fleming
Published on 5. May 2022
Book
Hardback
444 pages
978-90-04-51152-1 (ISBN)
Description
A "Community of Peoples": Studies on Society and Politics in the Bible and Ancient Near East in Honor of Daniel E. Fleming draws together a diverse community of scholars to honor the career of Daniel E. Fleming as a historian of the Bible and ancient Near East.
Together, these scholars participate in a dynamic historical enterprise, each one positioning themself along a Middle Eastern spatial-temporal continuum stretching from the Old Babylonian to the Persian periods. Each contributor attempts to touch a sliver of ancient history, whether a particular person or community, a text or visual image or scribal process. They do so through a diversity of methods and disciplines, which together reflect the possibilities and promises for history writing.
The Harvard Semitic Studies series publishes volumes from the Harvard Semitic Museum. Other series offered by Brill that publish volumes from the Museum include Studies in the Archaeology and History of the Levant and Harvard Semitic Monographs, https://semiticmuseum.fas.harvard.edu/publications.
Together, these scholars participate in a dynamic historical enterprise, each one positioning themself along a Middle Eastern spatial-temporal continuum stretching from the Old Babylonian to the Persian periods. Each contributor attempts to touch a sliver of ancient history, whether a particular person or community, a text or visual image or scribal process. They do so through a diversity of methods and disciplines, which together reflect the possibilities and promises for history writing.
The Harvard Semitic Studies series publishes volumes from the Harvard Semitic Museum. Other series offered by Brill that publish volumes from the Museum include Studies in the Archaeology and History of the Levant and Harvard Semitic Monographs, https://semiticmuseum.fas.harvard.edu/publications.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
789 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-51152-1 (9789004511521)
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Persons
Mahri Leonard-Fleckman, Ph.D. (2014), New York University, is Assistant Professor at the College of the Holy Cross. Her numerous publications include The House of David: Between Political Formation and Literary Revision (2016).
Lauren A.S. Monroe, Ph.D. (2004), New York University, is Professor of Hebrew Bible at Cornell University. In addition to her book, Josiah's Reform and the Dynamics of Defilement (2011) she has two monographs in progress and has published numerous articles.
Michael J. Stahl, Ph.D. (2018), New York University, is Lecturer in Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at NYU. Among his various publications, Dr. Stahl is most recently the author of the monograph, The "God of Israel" in History and Tradition (2021).
Dylan R. Johnson, Ph.D. (2018) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Theological Faculty of the University of Zurich. He is the author of numerous articles and one monograph, Sovereign Authority and the Elaboration of Law in the Bible and the Ancient Near East (2020).
Lauren A.S. Monroe, Ph.D. (2004), New York University, is Professor of Hebrew Bible at Cornell University. In addition to her book, Josiah's Reform and the Dynamics of Defilement (2011) she has two monographs in progress and has published numerous articles.
Michael J. Stahl, Ph.D. (2018), New York University, is Lecturer in Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at NYU. Among his various publications, Dr. Stahl is most recently the author of the monograph, The "God of Israel" in History and Tradition (2021).
Dylan R. Johnson, Ph.D. (2018) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Theological Faculty of the University of Zurich. He is the author of numerous articles and one monograph, Sovereign Authority and the Elaboration of Law in the Bible and the Ancient Near East (2020).
Content
Abbreviations
1 Introduction: 'A Community of Peoples' (Gen 28:3)
?Mahri Leonard-Fleckman, Lauren A.S. Monroe, and Michael J. Stahl
2 La gestuelle de l' alliance a l' epoque paleo-babylonienne: Textes et images
?Dominique Charpin
3 Commensality and Kinship: Exodus 24 and the Emar Zukru Festival
?Jessie DeGrado
4 'Do You Hear the People Sing?' At the Interface of Prophecy and Music in Chronicles
?Julie B. Deluty
5 L' ainesse au Proche-Orient ancien: Droit du premier-ne ou choix du pere?
?Sophie Demare-Lafont
6 The Southwest of the Near East According to Mari: The Example of Qa?na
?Jean-Marie Durand
7 tapariya- and tapariyalli-: Local Leaders and Local Agency in the Hittite Period and Its Aftermath
?N. Ilgi Gercek and Lorenzo d'Alfonso
8 A Man of Both Assur and Kanes: The Case of the Merchant ?abdu-malik
?Nancy Highcock
9 City Dwellers and Backcountry Folk: Ritual Interactions between Mobile Peoples and Urban Centers in Late Bronze Age Syria
?Dylan R. Johnson
10 A Head of ?ammurabi? Thoughts on the Legacies of Kings and the Goals of Royal Representations
?Elizabeth Knott
11 La conclusion des alliances diplomatiques
?Bertrand Lafont
12 Kings, Peoples and Their Gods: Bar Rakib's Political Portrayal of Divinity
?Theodore J. Lewis
13 Teaching with a Dose of Humor in the Mesopotamian Unica
?Sara J. Milstein
14 The Sociomorphic Structure of the Polytheistic Pantheon in Mesopotamia and Its Meaning for Divine Agency and Mentalization
?Beate Pongratz-Leisten
15 Unpopulated and Under-politicized: Reconsidering Exterior Spaces in the Practice of Politics in Northern Mesopotamia
?Anne Porter
16 From Babylon to Jerusalem: Water Ordeals in the Ancient World
?Jack Sasson
17 "People" between Liturgical Experience and Political Imagination: Preliminary Observations on ?am in the Psalms
?Mark S. Smith
18 Pregnant with Meaning: The Politics of Gender Violence in the Mesha Stele's ?erem-List (KAI 181:16-17)
?Michael J. Stahl
Index
1 Introduction: 'A Community of Peoples' (Gen 28:3)
?Mahri Leonard-Fleckman, Lauren A.S. Monroe, and Michael J. Stahl
2 La gestuelle de l' alliance a l' epoque paleo-babylonienne: Textes et images
?Dominique Charpin
3 Commensality and Kinship: Exodus 24 and the Emar Zukru Festival
?Jessie DeGrado
4 'Do You Hear the People Sing?' At the Interface of Prophecy and Music in Chronicles
?Julie B. Deluty
5 L' ainesse au Proche-Orient ancien: Droit du premier-ne ou choix du pere?
?Sophie Demare-Lafont
6 The Southwest of the Near East According to Mari: The Example of Qa?na
?Jean-Marie Durand
7 tapariya- and tapariyalli-: Local Leaders and Local Agency in the Hittite Period and Its Aftermath
?N. Ilgi Gercek and Lorenzo d'Alfonso
8 A Man of Both Assur and Kanes: The Case of the Merchant ?abdu-malik
?Nancy Highcock
9 City Dwellers and Backcountry Folk: Ritual Interactions between Mobile Peoples and Urban Centers in Late Bronze Age Syria
?Dylan R. Johnson
10 A Head of ?ammurabi? Thoughts on the Legacies of Kings and the Goals of Royal Representations
?Elizabeth Knott
11 La conclusion des alliances diplomatiques
?Bertrand Lafont
12 Kings, Peoples and Their Gods: Bar Rakib's Political Portrayal of Divinity
?Theodore J. Lewis
13 Teaching with a Dose of Humor in the Mesopotamian Unica
?Sara J. Milstein
14 The Sociomorphic Structure of the Polytheistic Pantheon in Mesopotamia and Its Meaning for Divine Agency and Mentalization
?Beate Pongratz-Leisten
15 Unpopulated and Under-politicized: Reconsidering Exterior Spaces in the Practice of Politics in Northern Mesopotamia
?Anne Porter
16 From Babylon to Jerusalem: Water Ordeals in the Ancient World
?Jack Sasson
17 "People" between Liturgical Experience and Political Imagination: Preliminary Observations on ?am in the Psalms
?Mark S. Smith
18 Pregnant with Meaning: The Politics of Gender Violence in the Mesha Stele's ?erem-List (KAI 181:16-17)
?Michael J. Stahl
Index