The Reign of Nebuchadnezzar I in History and Historical Memory

ISBN-13: 9780367591298 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 220 str.

John P. Nielsen

Opis

The Reign of Nebuchadnezzar reconstructs the history of Nebuchadnezzar I’s rule and, drawing upon theoretical treatments of historical and collective memory.

Spis treści

Foreword; PART I: WRITING HISTORY AND RECOVERING MEMORY, SOURCES AND METHODOLGIES; 1. Toward an Understanding of the Babylonian Memory of Nebuchadnezzar I; 2. Nebuchadnezzar I: Prior Scholarship and Historical Sources; PART II: NEBUCHADNEZZAR I AND HIS TIMES; 3. The Reign of Nebuchadnezzar I; 4. Nebuchadnezzar I’s Successors; PART III: REMEMBERING NEBUCHADNEZZAR I IN THE 1ST MILLENNIUM BCE; 5. Esarhaddon and the Return of Marduk in 668 BCE; 6. Remembering Nebuchadnezzar I from the Babylonian Zenith to Seleucid Decline; PART IV: THE MAKING OF MEMORY AND THE MAKING OF MEANING; 7. Nebuchadnezzar I in the Collective Memory; 8. The Elevation of Marduk: Nebuchadnezzar I as Cultural Formation; 9. Intentional History in the Early First Millennium BCE; Index

O autorze

John P. Nielsen is Assistant Professor of History at Bradley University, Peoria, IL, USA.