Discovering Babylon

ISBN-13: 9780367496753 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 188 str.

Rannfrid Thelle

Opis

This volume presents Babylon as it has been passed down through Western culture: through the Bible, classical texts, in Medieval travel accounts, and through depictions of the Tower motif in art.

Spis treści

Preface; Chapter 1: Beginning Discovery; Chapter 2: Biblical Babylon; Chapter 3: European Visions of Babylon; Chapter 4: Ad fontes? Babylon of the Greeks; Chapter 5: The Discovery of Mesopotamia; Chapter 6: From the Sources of Babylon; Chapter 7: Babel and Bible; Chapter 8: Babylon’s Resurrection; Chapter 9: Back to the Future; Appendix 1. Ancient Texts Referred to in the Book; Appendix 2. Major Deities in Ancient Babylonian Religion; Appendix 3. Time Table; Appendix 4. Important Dates in the History of Babylon; Index

O autorze

Rannfrid Thelle is Assistant Professor in the Department of Women’s Studies and Religion at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas, USA.