The monograph considers the relationships of ethical systems in the ancient Near East through a study of warfare in Judah, Israel and Assyria in the eighth and seventh centuries BCE. It argues that a common cosmological and ideological outlook generated similarities in ethical thinking, with kings' military activities made morally imperative by their identification with a cosmic struggle against chaos. The research begins the discussion of ancient Near Eastern ethics outside of Israel and Judah and fills a scholarly void by placing Israelite and Judahite ethics within this context.
- ISBN10 6612715030
- ISBN13 9786612715037
- Publish Date 15 November 2009 (first published 1 January 2009)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 14 September 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Walter de Gruyter
- Format eBook
- Pages 248
- Language English