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The city besieged : siege and its manifestations in the ancient Near East
Author
Uniform Title
Ke-ʻir netsurah. English
Title
The city besieged : siege and its manifestations in the ancient Near East / by Israel Ephʻal.
ISBN
9789654933124
9654933128
Published
Jerusalem : Hebrew University magnes Press, 2013.
Physical Description
xvii, 211 p. : ill, maps ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 03, 2014
Series
Publications of the Perry Foundation for Biblical Research in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-190) and indexes.
Contents
Ch 1 Introduction
What is siege warfare
Purpose of the book and method of discussion
Ch 2 Sources
Literary sources
Non-literary documents
Artistic representations of siege warfare
Archaeological evidence
Ch 3 Military aspects
Blockade
Breakthrough
Ch 4 Legal and economic aspects
Introduction
Babylonian siege documents
Documents of siege and hardship from Emar
Legal significance of the hardship formulae
"Charitable deeds"
Ch 5 Social aspects
Between man and God
Public life.
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