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Perceptions of Power: Purple in Archaic Greek, Ancient Mesopotamian Inscriptions, and the Hebrew Bible 权力的感知:古希腊语、古美索不达米亚铭文和希伯来圣经中的紫色
Avar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in the Ancient Near East Pub Date : 2022-10-19 DOI: 10.33182/aijls.v1i2.2250
Ellena Lyell
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Human-Nature Blends and the Parent-Child Relationship in Isaiah and Neo-Assyrian Prophecy 《以赛亚书》与《新亚述预言》中的人性融合与亲子关系
Avar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in the Ancient Near East Pub Date : 2022-10-19 DOI: 10.33182/aijls.v1i2.2085
D. Bosworth, Lucia G. Tosatto
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Sennacherib's Sieges and Deportations Reliefs: How to Increase Emotions Sennacherib的围攻和驱逐救济:如何增加情绪
Avar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in the Ancient Near East Pub Date : 2022-07-31 DOI: 10.33182/aijls.v1i2.2249
Laura Battini
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Eating Upon the Mountains: Deviant Consumption and Commensality 在山上吃:反常的消费和共生
Avar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in the Ancient Near East Pub Date : 2022-01-28 DOI: 10.33182/aijls.v1i1.1686
R. Welton
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Interdisciplinarity as Departure and Return: Methodological Boundary Crossing in the Ancient Near East 跨学科作为出发与回归:古代近东的方法论边界跨越
Avar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in the Ancient Near East Pub Date : 2022-01-28 DOI: 10.33182/aijls.v1i1.2087
E. Trinka, Isaac M. Alderman, S. Thompson
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A Stranger in the House 房子里的陌生人
Avar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in the Ancient Near East Pub Date : 2022-01-28 DOI: 10.33182/aijls.v1i1.1646
Melanie Wasmuth
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Godless People and Sunless Skies 不信神的人和没有太阳的天空
Avar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in the Ancient Near East Pub Date : 2022-01-28 DOI: 10.33182/aijls.v1i1.1615
B. Dewar
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The resistance to mainstream assumptions about retribution in Job and Tobit as theologically positive deviance 《约伯记》和《托比特》中对报应的主流假设的抵制，在神学上是积极的偏差
Avar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in the Ancient Near East Pub Date : 2022-01-28 DOI: 10.33182/aijls.v1i1.1717
K. Southwood
{"title":"The resistance to mainstream assumptions about retribution in Job and Tobit as theologically positive deviance","authors":"K. Southwood","doi":"10.33182/aijls.v1i1.1717","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33182/aijls.v1i1.1717","url":null,"abstract":"This article uses material from organizational studies and medical anthropology and sociology to address the value of the idea that bodily dysfunction or illness depart from a norm of health. It argues that examples of positive deviance can be found in the books of Tobit and in Job. Positive deviance describes behavior that notably departs from expected norms, albeit in a direction that a referent group finds positive. In much of the Hebrew Bible, there is a tight connection between the ideas of wrongdoing, bodily suffering, and retribution. However, the books of Tobit and Job are examples of a departure away from this norm. In Job and Tobit the portrayal of circumstances in the text depart from expected norms with a view to encouraging the referent group (i.e., audiences) towards a positive assessment of the departure. The character Tobit, in line with dominant thought about retribution assumes his blindness is a result of some inadvertent or inherited sinfulness. However, Tobit’s characterisation and dramatic irony prevents audiences agreeing with Tobit’s assessment of circumstances. Similarly, the advice of Job’s friends betrays their assumption that his physical condition must be retribution for wrongdoing. However, Job’s characterisation and dramatic irony prevents audiences agreeing with his friends. More shockingly, the character Yahweh departs from the expected role and becomes a deviant actor. Through resisting simplistic assessments of somatic distress as caused by retribution for wrongdoing, both books are examples of positive deviance that encourage audiences towards more positive norms.","PeriodicalId":222227,"journal":{"name":"Avar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in the Ancient Near East","volume":"98 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127617966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The Deviant Villain 不正常的恶棍
Avar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in the Ancient Near East Pub Date : 2022-01-28 DOI: 10.33182/aijls.v1i1.1529
I. Peled
{"title":"The Deviant Villain","authors":"I. Peled","doi":"10.33182/aijls.v1i1.1529","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33182/aijls.v1i1.1529","url":null,"abstract":"This article combines theoretical and historical approaches for studying notions of heroism and villainy in ancient Mesopotamia, as reflected in royal propaganda and rhetoric. It focuses on the different manners in which Mesopotamian kings of the second and first millennia BCE constructed the image of their rivals as villains who deviate from the standard characteristics of the heroic ruler. The theoretical framework of the article is based on heroism studies, a recently-established field within the social sciences, which studies the role of heroes and villains in human society. The article utilizes these theoretical considerations for analyzing Mesopotamian royal inscriptions where the ruler’s rivals were portrayed as villains. Seven villain-archetypes are identified and discussed, each of which contrasting one or more of the typical heroic traits of the Mesopotamian ruler. By combining sociological, psychological and philological methodologies, this article offers a new perspective on ancient Mesopotamian society and culture.","PeriodicalId":222227,"journal":{"name":"Avar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in the Ancient Near East","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115548302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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"His heart is low" “他的心很低落。”
Avar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in the Ancient Near East Pub Date : 2022-01-28 DOI: 10.33182/aijls.v1i1.1748
Moudhy al-Rashid
{"title":"\"His heart is low\"","authors":"Moudhy al-Rashid","doi":"10.33182/aijls.v1i1.1748","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33182/aijls.v1i1.1748","url":null,"abstract":"Assyrian and Babylonian medical texts written in cuneiform from the first millennium BCE provide a window onto how symptoms and illness were understood. Akkadian medical language employs various strategies to convey aspects of an illness experience, including metaphor, which may provide one way of conceptually organising the experience of illness and filling in blanks in existing knowledge. One metaphor that appears in medical therapeutic texts is a low heart, often phrased as \"his heart is low,\" to denote a depressed state. This article will explore references to this symptom to determine if depression is an appropriate translation and, if so, whether this metaphor can provide clues as to how depression may have been physically experienced.","PeriodicalId":222227,"journal":{"name":"Avar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in the Ancient Near East","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114779815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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