Contents

Chapters in this book

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