War and ethics in the ancient Near East
Subtitle: military violence in light of cosmology and history
By: C. L. Crouch
Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft -- Bd. 407; Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft -- 407.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9783110223514
Notes: Revision of the author's thesis (D.Phil.)--University of Oxford, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-231) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Ideology and the confrontation of cultures; title: Assyrian cosmology; title: Judahite and Israelite cosmology; title: Ethics of the Assyrian élite; title: Ethics of the Judahite and Israelite élite; title: Ethics of the non-élite; title: Developments in Assyrian ethics; title: Developments in Judahite and Israelite ethics I; title: Developments in Judahite and Israelite ethics II.