Assessing Biblical and Classical Sources for the Reconstruction of Persian Influence, History and Culture
edited by Anne Fitzpatrick-McKinley
Paperback (Published)
(November 2015)
ISBN: 9783447102445
6.65 x 9.45 inches
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This volume brings together the views of biblical scholars, Achaemenid historians and classicists in relation to the problems of reconstructing the history of the Persian empire. It addresses the ways in which scholars of each of these disciplines have struggled with the complexity and limitations of the ancient sources. Some of the essays in this volume discuss issues surrounding the identification of authorial biases and evaluate what – if anything – remains as possible ‘historical’ evidence, while others examine the scholarly consensus on the question of Persian policy on the religion and laws of its subjects. What unites the essays in this volume is the commitment of their authors to recognise the difficulties with the sources and to constantly engage in new appraisals of them in dialogue with scholars in their own fields, but also in dialogue with scholars in related fields.
- Edited by Anne Fitzpatrick-McKinley
"...This volume is very useful and belongs in the collection of any scholar or library seriously dealing with the use of biblical and classical sources for the Persian Empire." --Jason M. Silverman, University of Helsinki, Review of Biblical Literature 5.4.17
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Iran and the Transformation of Ancient Near Eastern History
the Seleucids (ca. 312-150 BCE)
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Die Sicht auf die Welt zwischen Ost und West (750 v. Chr.-550 n. Chr.) / Looking at the World, from the East and the West (750 BCE-550 CE)
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The World of Berossos
Proceedings of the 4th International Colloquium on 'The Ancient Near East between Classical and Ancient Oriental Traditions', Hatfield College, Durham 7th-9th July 2010
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Alexander und die grossen Strome
Die Flussuberquerungen im Lichte altorientalischer Pioniertechniken (Schwimmschlauche, Keleks und Pontonbrucken)
Volume 7
The Limits of Empire in Ancient Afghanistan
Rule and Resistance in the Hindu Kush, circa 600 BCE-600 CE
Volume 24
Parthika. Greek and Roman Authors’ Views of the Arsacid Empire / Griechisch-romische Bilder des Arsakidenreiches
Volume 15
Semiramis, de qua innumerabilia narrantur
Rezeption und Verargumentierung der Konigin von Babylon von der Antike bis in die opera seria des Barock
Volume 25
Mountain Peoples in the Ancient Near East
The Case of the Zagros in the First Millennium BCE
Volume 18
Die Verwaltung im Achamenidenreich / Administration in the Achaemenid Empire
Imperiale Muster und Strukturen / Tracing the Imperial Signature: Akten des 6. Internationalen Kolloquiums zum Thema Vorderasien im Spannungsfeld klassischer und altorientalischer Uberlieferungen aus Anlass der 80-Jahr-Feier der Entdeckung des Fest
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Der ‘reiche Orient’
Imagination und Faszination: Darstellungen des asiatischen Wohlstandes in griechischen Quellen des 5. und 4. Jahrhunderts v. Chr.
Volume 28
Der Achamenidenhof / The Achaemenid Court
Akten des 2. Internationalen Kolloquiums zum Thema 'Vorderasien im Spannungsfeld klassischer und altorientalischer Uberlieferungen', Landgut Castelen bei Basel, 23.-25. Mai 2007
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Iran and its Histories. From the Beginnings through the Achaemenid Empire
Proceedings of the First and Second Payravi Lectures on Ancient Iranian History, UC Irvine, March 23rd, 2018, & March 11th-12th, 2019
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Stereotypisierung – Idealisierung – Indifferenz
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Ancient Information on Persia Re-assessed
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