ISBN10: 1905048378, ISBN13: 9781905048373, [publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd] Hardcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 'Orientalism' refers both to the academic study of the Orient and to Western scholarship that clings to stock images of the timeless East and oriental despotism. This landmark collection of essays, the first in its field, is written by seasoned art historians, Assyriologists and biblical specialists; it is organized under four rubrics: 1. Intellectual and Disciplinary Histories identifies waymarks in the rise of Assyriology in America, shifting images of ancient Assyria in their cultural context, Smithsonian Institution exhibits of 'biblical antiquities' at the world's fairs of 1893 and 1895, the rise of Egyptology in the nineteenth century, Mari scholarship and its impact on biblical studies, and the ancient Near Eastern text anthology as genre (Foster, Frahm, Holloway Reid, Younger). 2. Visual Perspectives suggests itself as a corrective to the academic habit of conjuring a 'texted Orient'. Here are contributions that describe Assyrianizing engravings in the famous Dalziels' Bible Gallery, the reception of ancient Assyria in nineteenth-century England versus France, and artwork for twentieth-century American histories of Israel (Bohrer, Esposito, Long). 3. Of Harems and Heroines explores gender issues in the context of the figure of Semiramis and the idea of the harem ...
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ISBN10: 1905048378, ISBN13: 9781905048373, [publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd] Hardcover
[Dallas, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]

Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd 2006 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 592 p. Contains: Unspecified. Hebrew Bible Monographs, 10.

Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd 2006 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 592 p. Contains: Unspecified. Hebrew Bible Monographs, 10.

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[Lincoln, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2006]

Hardback. New. ISBN 1905048378 9781905048373 [GB]

ISBN10: 1905048378, ISBN13: 9781905048373, [publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd] Hardcover In English
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[Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]

Sheffield Phoenix Press 2006 Hard cover 572. pp. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Very good.

ISBN10: 1905048378, ISBN13: 9781905048373, [publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press] Hardcover Hardcover, no dust jacket. Very good. 572 pp.
[Eugene, OR, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]