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Political Memory in and after the Persian Empire

  • Paperback
  • 516 pages
  • Publisher: SBL Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 3 cm

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Various disciplines that deal with Achaemenid rule offer starkly different assessments of Persian kingship. While Assyriologists treat Cyrus's heirs as legitimate successors of the Babylonian kings, biblical scholars often speak of a "kingless era" in which the priesthood took over the function of the Davidic monarch. Egyptologists see their land as uniquely independently minded despite conquests, while Hellenistic scholarship tends to evaluate the interface between Hellenism and native traditions without reference to the previous two centuries of Persian rule. This volume brings together in dialogue a broad array of scholars with the goal of seeking a broader context for assessing Persian kingship through the anthropological concept of political memory.
Political Memory in and after the Persian Empire and Persepolis and Jerusalem
Persepolis and JerusalemPolitical Memory in and after the Persian Empire

  • Title

    Political Memory in and after the Persian Empire

  • Author

    Jason M. Silverman

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    SBL Press

  • Published

    December 2015

  • Weight

    750g

  • Page Count

    516

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 3 cm

  • ISBN

    9780884140887

  • ISBN-10

    0884140881

  • Eden Code

    4379793

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