Assur Is King! Assur Is King! - Religion in the Exercise of Power in the Neo-Assyrian Empire

Steven Holloway's work is the first monograph devoted to Neo-Assyrian religious imperialism. Neo-Assyrian religious imperialism was expressed by punitive measures such as "godnapping," the violent deportation of a vanquished foe's divine images, but also, and this is a far less-studied facet of this topic, by the geographical focus and extent of the material support the Assyrians lavished on favored polities, in effect a Marshall Plan aimed at winning over the elite citizenry pivotal to maintaining economic and political equilibrium.

About the author

Steven W. Holloway, Ph.D. (1992) in Old Testament, The University of Chicago, teaches on an adjunct basis in the Chicago area and works full-time for the American Theological Library Association. He has published and lectured extensively on the Bible, Assyriology, and their common ground.

Product details

• Authors: Steven Holloway
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.12.2001
• EAN: 9789004123281
• ISBN: 978-90-04-12328-1
• No. of pages: 628
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 244 mm x 43 mm
• Weight: 1234 g
• Series: Culture and History of the Anc
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity