HAYIM TADMOR

With my many chariots I have gone up the heights of mountains

Historical and Literary Studies on Ancient Mesopotamia and Israel
Contents
Foreword
PART I: HISTORIOGRAPHY AND ROYAL IDEOLOGY IN ASSYRIA

31 Sennacheribs Campaign to Judah: Historical and Historiographical Considerations 32 e Sin of Sargon and Sennacheribs Last Will 33 Darius I, Pseudo-Smerdis, and the Magi
PART VI: THE WORLD OF ANCIENT ISRAEL

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Propaganda, Literature, Historiography: Cracking the Code of the Assyrian Royal Inscriptions History and Ideology in the Assyrian Royal Inscriptions Observations on Assyrian Historiography Sennacherib, King of Justice Autobiographical Apology in the Royal Assyrian Literature World Dominion: e Expanding Horizon of the Assyrian Empire Temple City and Royal City in Babylonia and Assyria Monarchy and the Elite in Assyria and Babylonia: e Question of Royal Accountability e Role of the Chief Eunuch and the Place of Eunuchs in the Assyrian Empire e Aramaization of Assyria: Aspects of Western Impact Treaty and Oath in the Ancient Near East: A Historians Approach e Campaigns of Sargon II of Assur: A Chronological-Historical Study e Historical Inscriptions of Adad-nirari III e urbi of Hezekiah An Assyrian Victory Chant and Related Matters Observations on Two Inscriptions of Esarhaddon: Prism Nineveh A and the Letter to the God Gyges and Ashurbanipal A Study in Literary Transmission Nabopolassar and Sin-shum-lishir in a Literary Perspective e Inscriptions of Nabunaid: Historical Arrangement Heavenly Wisdom Fragments of Clay Liver Models from Hazor A Lawsuit from Hazor A Lexicographical Text from Hazor Fragments of an Assyrian Stela of Sargon II e Seal of Bel-Asharedu A Case of Migration

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e People and the Kingship in Ancient Israel: e Role of Political Institutions in the Biblical Period e Historical Background of the Prophecies of Hosea e Meunites in the Book of Chronicles in the Light of an Assyrian Document Ahaz and Tiglath-Pileser in the Book of Kings: Historiographic Considerations Some Aspects of the History of Samaria during the Biblical Period e Rise of Cyrus and the Historical Background of His Declaration e Appointed Time Has Not Yet Arrived: e Historical Background of Haggai 1:2 e Origins of Israel as Seen in the Exilic and Post-Exilic Ages And if Given Strength Eighty Years: e Terms for Longevity in Akkadian, Biblical Hebrew and Mishnaic Hebrew

PART VII: REFLECTIONS

PART II: SOCIETY AND INSTITUTIONS IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA

43 Nineveh, Calah and Israel: On Assyriology and the Origins of Biblical Archaeology 44 oughts Concerning Assyriology and Its Relationship to the Study of the Bible and the History of the People of Israel during the Biblical Period 45 e Nascence and Development of the Department of Assyriology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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PART III: TEXTUAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES

HAYIM TADMOR

With my many chariots I have gone up the heights of mountains

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PART IV: CHRONOLOGY

26 e Chronology of the Ancient Near East in the Second Millennium 27 e Chronology of the First Temple Period. A Presentation and Evaluation of the Sources
PART V: STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST

28 Hammurabi and His Age 29 e Decline of Empires in Western Asia ca. 1200 30 Philistia under Assyrian Rule