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The ideology of Assyrian kingship

By Simo Parpola

The impact of Mesopotamian religious thought on the evolution of other ancient religious and philosophical thought has never been seriously investigated. What follows are my initial forays into this uncharted territory. I suspect the influence has been far greater than anyone has yet suggested. Take, for example, one small datum: There was a commandment to refrain from work and travel on every seventh day of each month (plus the 19th day). Whether this had any effect on the Israelite commandment to refrain from work and travel on the seventh day, I do not know. It may be simply […]

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Footnotes

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See Elie Borowski, “Cherubim: God’s Throne?” BAR 21:04 and Robin M. Jensen, “Of Cherubim and Gospel Symbols,” BAR 21:04.

Endnotes

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Maximilian Streck, Assurbanipal und die letzen könige bis zum untergange Ninevehs, Vorderasiatische Bibliothek 7 (Leipzig, Germany: Hinrichs, 1916), p. 255.