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Chapter 12 Impaling and Corpse Display in the Hebrew Bible and Assyrian Sources
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Illustrations ix
- Abbreviations xi
- Introduction : A Madattu for Mesopotamia 1
- Chapter 1 Remodeling Albright’s House in the Twenty- First Century : From a Patrimonial Household to an Open- Concept Structure 6
- Chapter 2 Museum Models : Assyriology, the Bible, and Avenues for Public Engagement 49
- Chapter 3 An Enlivening Biblical Geist for Assyriology 67
- Chapter 4 Some Thoughts on the Applicability of Comparative Studies to the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible 78
- Chapter 5 Text in Context : Priestly Writings in the Bible and Babylonia 99
- Chapter 6 Aniconism as a Local Response to Assyrian Godnapping 115
- Chapter 7 Assyria Through the Looking- Glass : The Hebrew Bible as Opposition Literature 135
- Chapter 8 Maṣṣartu, Mišmeret, and Duties in Temples : A Contextual Parallel 152
- Chapter 9 The Prayer of Ashurnaṣirpal I to Ishtar : An Exegetical Reading 166
- Chapter 10 Does a Magic Still Dwell in Comparing the Tribes of Israel and Mari? 193
- Chapter 11 Alphabetic Scrolls in a Cuneiform World : Notes on the Study of an Invisible Literature 211
- Chapter 12 Impaling and Corpse Display in the Hebrew Bible and Assyrian Sources 243
- List of Contributors 265
- Ancient Source Index 267
- Subject Index 273
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Illustrations ix
- Abbreviations xi
- Introduction : A Madattu for Mesopotamia 1
- Chapter 1 Remodeling Albright’s House in the Twenty- First Century : From a Patrimonial Household to an Open- Concept Structure 6
- Chapter 2 Museum Models : Assyriology, the Bible, and Avenues for Public Engagement 49
- Chapter 3 An Enlivening Biblical Geist for Assyriology 67
- Chapter 4 Some Thoughts on the Applicability of Comparative Studies to the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible 78
- Chapter 5 Text in Context : Priestly Writings in the Bible and Babylonia 99
- Chapter 6 Aniconism as a Local Response to Assyrian Godnapping 115
- Chapter 7 Assyria Through the Looking- Glass : The Hebrew Bible as Opposition Literature 135
- Chapter 8 Maṣṣartu, Mišmeret, and Duties in Temples : A Contextual Parallel 152
- Chapter 9 The Prayer of Ashurnaṣirpal I to Ishtar : An Exegetical Reading 166
- Chapter 10 Does a Magic Still Dwell in Comparing the Tribes of Israel and Mari? 193
- Chapter 11 Alphabetic Scrolls in a Cuneiform World : Notes on the Study of an Invisible Literature 211
- Chapter 12 Impaling and Corpse Display in the Hebrew Bible and Assyrian Sources 243
- List of Contributors 265
- Ancient Source Index 267
- Subject Index 273