J Nicholas Reid

Prisons in Ancient Mesopotamia

Confinement and Control Until the First Fall of Babylon

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Prisons in Ancient Mesopotamia explores the earliest historical evidence related to imprisonment in the history of the world, considering the multifunctional practices of detaining the body in ancient Iraq.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 144mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9780192849618
• ISBN-10: 0192849611
• Artikelnr.: 66126916

Autorenporträt

J. Nicholas Reid is Associate Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Director of the Hybrid MDiv Program at Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando. He has co-authored a forthcoming volume for Oxford University press, Letters from Old Babylonian Kish (2022), and has published several academic articles.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Imprisonment from the Dawn of History to the First Fall of Babylon
2: Confine and Control: Lexical and Social-Historical Summary
3: How to End up Imprisoned
4: Judicial Process and Proof
5: The Imprisoned Life
6: The King in the Cage: Ritual Purification and Imprisonment
Conclusion