- Description
- 1 online resource (xvii, 211 p.) : ill., maps.
- Series Statement
- Publications of the Perry Foundation for Biblical Research in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Uniform Title
- Ke-ʻir netsurah. English (Online)
- Sidrat sefarim le-ḥeḳer ha-Miḳra mi-yisudo shel S. Sh. Peri.
- Alternative Title
- Ke-ʻir netsurah.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-190) and indexes.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- ch. 1. Introduction -- What is siege warfare -- Purpose of the book and method of discussion -- ch. 2. Sources -- Literary sources -- Non-literary documents -- Artistic representations of siege warfare -- Archaeological evidence -- ch. 3. Military aspects -- Blockade -- Breakthrough -- ch. 4. Legal and economic aspects -- Introduction -- Babylonian siege documents -- Documents of siege and hardship from Emar -- Legal significance of the hardship formulae -- "Charitable deeds" -- ch. 5. Social aspects -- Between man and God -- Public life.
- LCCN
- 2013492689
- OCLC
- ssib045965413
- Author
Ephʻal, Israel.
- Title
The city besieged [electronic resource] : siege and its manifestations in the ancient Near East / Israel Ephʻal.
- Imprint
Jerusalem : Hebrew University Magnes Press, c2013.
- Series
Publications of the Perry Foundation for Biblical Research in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Sidrat sefarim le-ḥeḳer ha-Miḳra mi-yisudo shel S. Sh. Peri.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-190) and indexes.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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