The Intellectual Background of Assyrian Deportees, Colonists, and Officials in the Levant

It is widely acknowledged that the Assyrian subjugation of the Levant during the period between 880 and 640 BCE, and the two-way deportations of hundreds of thousands of people accompanying it, prompted major political, economic, and ethnolinguistic changes in the region. Far less clear is to what e...

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Nebentitel:Supplement: Mass Deportations - To and From the Levant during the Age of Empires in the Ancient Near East
1. VerfasserIn: Frahm, Eckart 1967- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: 2022
In: Hebrew bible and ancient Israel
Jahr: 2022, Band: 11, Heft: 5, Seiten: 56-82
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Keilschrift / Imperialismus / Bibel. Altes Testament (Biblia Hebraica) / Levante / Assyrien
IxTheo Notationen:HB Altes Testament
HD Frühjudentum
HH Archäologie
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Zusammenfassung:It is widely acknowledged that the Assyrian subjugation of the Levant during the period between 880 and 640 BCE, and the two-way deportations of hundreds of thousands of people accompanying it, prompted major political, economic, and ethnolinguistic changes in the region. Far less clear is to what extent, and in which ways, it reshaped the Levant's intellectual culture. Based on a careful study of the texts related to Assyrian representatives in the West, this article explores the possible impact Assyro-Babylonian cuneiform culture had there, especially during the age of Assyrian »high-imperialism« that began in the second half of the eighth century. The article concludes that Assyria's imperial agents influenced the religions and cultures of the Levant mostly in indirect ways and not through the active dissemination of cuneiform lore.
ISSN:2192-2284
Enthält:Enthalten in: Hebrew bible and ancient Israel
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1628/hebai-2022-0013