Ezekiel, Ethnicity, and Identity

The written sources from the ancient Near East are for the most part authored from the perspective of the dominant group and yield a very limited view on people’s identities from an emic point of view that would correspond to their own self-identification. Self-defined minority groups in Mesopotamia...

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Main Author: Nissinen, Martti 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2023
In: Studia Orientalia Electronica
Year: 2023, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 53-71
Further subjects:B babylon
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