Of Bears and Men: Thoughts on the End of Šulgi’s Reign and on the Ensuing Succession

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Publisher’s Note viii
4. Peter Machinist ix
5. Bibliography of Peter Machinist xvii
6. Fearful Symmetry: The Poetics, Genre, and Form of Lines 109–118, Tablet I in the Poem of Erra 1
7. Menahem’s Reign Before the Assyrian Invasion (2 Kings 15:14–16) 29
8. Ethnicity in the Assyrian Empire: A View from the Nisbe, (I): Foreigners and “Special” Inner Communities 47
9. David and the Ark: A Jerusalem Festival Reflected in Royal Narrative 75
10. Creation and the Divine Spirit in Babel and Bible: Reflections on mummu in Enūma eliš I 4 and rûaḥ in Genesis 1:2 97
11. Niṣirti bārûti: une autre approche 117
12. NB Administrative Terminology and Its Influence in Biblical Literature: Hebrew ארח 137
13. Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Literatures: A General Introduction 151
14. Between Elective Autocracy and Democracy: Formalizing Biblical Constitutional Theory 165
15. Prosperity and Kingship in Psalms and Inscriptions 185
16. Redactors, Rationalists, and (Bloodied) Rivers: Some Comments on the First Biblical Plague 207
17. “An Heir Created by Aššur”: Literary Observations on the Rassam Prism (A) of Ashurbanipal 223
18. Literary-Political Motifs in the Assyrian Royal Inscriptions: Measuring Continuity versus Change 269
19. Of Bears and Men: Thoughts on the End of Šulgi’s Reign and on the Ensuing Succession 285
20. A Hidden Anti-David Polemic in 2 Samuel 6:2 321
21. The Prophet and the Augur at Tušḫan, 611 b.c. 329
22. Assyria and Judean Identity: Beyond the Religionsgeschichtliche Schule 339
23. Psalm 22:16 and Its Sumerian and Akkadian Analogues 349
24. Do Ideas Travel Lightly?: Early Greek Concepts of Justice in Their Mediterranean Context 355
25. The Rod that Smote Philistia: Isaiah 14:28–32 381
26. Errant Oxen Or: The Goring Ox Redux 397
27. Jephthah: Chutzpah and Overreach in a Hebrew Judge 405
28. The Remembrance of Kings Past: The Persona of King Ibbi-Sin 421
29. Hittite Gods in Egyptian Attire: A Case Study in Cultural Transmission 433
30. How Did Šulgi and Išbi-Erra Ascend to Heaven? 459
31. “War Crimes” in Amos’s Oracles Against the Nations (Amos 1:3–2:3) 479
32. Grammar and Context: Enki & Ninhursag ll. 1–3 and a Rare Sumerian Construction 503
33. Towards a Biography of Kish: Notes on Urbanism and Comparison 527
34. Index of Authors 545
35. Index of Scripture 557