War and Ethics in the Ancient Near East : Military Violence in Light of Cosmo...
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War and Ethics in the Ancient Near East : Military Violence in Light of Cosmo.... This is a revised version of Crouch's doctoral thesis at the U. of Oxford, UK. In the study, he compares actions of warfare in the ancient Near East in order to test the hypothesis that ancient Israelite and ancient Judahite ethics were not as distinct from their ancient Near Eastern contemporaries (primarily Assyria) as generally supposed. War and Ethics in the Ancient Near East : Military Violence in Light of Cosmology and History, Hardcover by Crouch, C. L., ISBN 3110223511, ISBN-13 9783110223514, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This is a revised version of Crouch's doctoral thesis at the U. of Oxford, UK. In the study, he compares actions of warfare in the ancient Near East in order to test the hypothesis that ancient Israelite and ancient Judahite ethics were not as distinct from their ancient Near Eastern contemporaries (primarily Assyria) as generally supposed. He seeks to correct for bias in earlier studies by drawing a distinction between the social contexts of the biblical sources for understanding the ethics of Israel and Judah and the typically royal social context for other Near East informants. He also stresses the importance of seeing the development of ethical thinking in historical context in understanding changes in military ideology and ethics over time. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
