Writing and Re-Writing History by Destruction: Proceedings of the Annual Minerva Center RIAB Conference, Leipzig, 2018; Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times: Vol 3

Berlejung, Angelika (Editor)/ Maeir, Aren M. (Editor)/ Oshima, Takayoshi M. (Editor)

ISBN 10: 3161612485 / ISBN 13: 9783161612480

Published by Mohr Siebrek Ek, 2022

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349 pages. 6.65x9.45x1.18 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Writing and Re-Writing History by Destruction: Proceedings of the Annual Minerva Center RIAB Conference, Leipzig, 2018; Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times: Vol 3
• Publisher: Mohr Siebrek Ek
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3161612485
• ISBN 13: 9783161612480
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.76 kilograms

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Synopsis

This volume combines the papers held at the Minerva Center's "Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times" conference (Leipzig 2018) on the subject of writing and re-writing history by deliberate destruction in the regions of Syria, Palestine, and Mesopotamia. An international group of scholars studies the subject using a multi-perspective and interdisciplinary approach. Archeological studies, ancient Near Eastern studies, and biblical studies focused on the destruction of ancient sites in Israel and Judah in the 1st millennium BC. The perspective of the defeated Israelites, Jerusalemites, and Judeans is described in detail in the Old Testament and in postbiblical literature and shows that the destructions in the past were a cultural and identity creator of the first magnitude. The longue duree of the practice of reshaping the past through the deliberate destruction of a cultural heritage in order to shape the present according to current interests becomes evident based on the Neo-Assyrian Empire's practice up to the modern era and is demonstrated by the example of the Arabian-Muslim conquest of Aram as well as current Turkish politics.

About the Author

Geboren 1961; ist Professorin für "Geschichte und Religion Israels und seiner Umwelt" an der Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Leipzig, außerordentliche Professorin für Altertumswissenschaften an der University of Stellenbosch/Südafrika, Gastprofessorin für Biblische Archäologie an der Bar-Ilan-Universität/Israel sowie ordentliches Mitglied der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.