Religion and power : divine kingship in the ancient world and beyond /

Religion and power : divine kingship in the ancient world and beyond /

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Other Authors: Brisch, Nicole.

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Chicago, III. : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2008.

Series: Oriental Institute Seminars ; 4.
OIS ; 4.

Subjects:

Divine right of kings.
Kings and rulers > Religious aspects.

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Call Number: DS41 .C55 v.4

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Table of Contents:
  • The divine prototypes / Gebhard J. Selz
  • The mortal kings of Ur : a short century of divine rule in ancient Mesopotamia / Piotr Michalowski
  • Aspects of kingship in ancient Egypt / Paul John Frandsen
  • Touched by the gods : visual evidence for the divine status of rulers in the ancient Near East / Irene J. Winter
  • Dieu et mon droit : kingship in late Babylonian and early Persian times / Erica Ehrenberg
  • The king is dead, long live the king : the last days of the Šu-Sîn cult at Ešnunna and its aftermath / Clemens Reichel
  • Royal deification : an ambiguation mechanism for the creation of courtier subjectivities / Reinhard Bernbeck
  • The sacralized body of he Akwapim king / Michelle Gilbert
  • Maya divine kingship / David Freidel
  • Human and divine kingship in early China : comparative reflections / Michael Puett
  • The role of religion in Achaemenian imperialism / Bruce Lincoln
  • Divinity and power in ancient Rome / Greg Woolf
  • Divine kingship in Mesopotamia, a fleeting phenomenon / Jerrold S. Cooper
  • When gods ruled : comments on divine kingship / Kathleen D. Morrison.