The Role of Rituals in Warfare during the Neo-Assyrian Period

In imperial Assyria during the first millennium BCE, ritual pervaded every aspect of life. As the link between the divine realm and the earthly one, the king's primary duty was to discover the gods' will and enact it. To this end, an array of ritual experts in the art of reading and reacti...

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Main Author: Melville, Sarah C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2016]
In: Religion compass
Year: 2016, Volume: 10, Issue: 9, Pages: 219-229
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Assyria / Warfare / Ritual / History 912 BC-627 BC
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BC Ancient Orient; religion
KBL Near East and North Africa
TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
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