The Akītu Festival: Religious Continuity and Royal Legitimation in Mesopotamia
Julye BidmeadThe akītu festival is one of the oldest recorded religious festivals in the world, celebrated for several millennia throughout ancient Mesopotamia. Yet, the akītu was more than just a religious ceremony; it acted as a political device to ensure the supremacy of the king, the national god, and his capital city. Using tools of social anthropology and ritual analysis, this book presents a detailed reconstruction of the festival events and its attendant rituals to demonstrate how the festival became a propagandistic tool wielded by the monarchy and ruling classes. The akītu festival demonstrates the effectiveness of religion as a political tool.
年:
2014
出版社:
Gorgias Press
语言:
english
页:
232
ISBN 10:
146323600X
ISBN 13:
9781463236007
文件:
PDF, 1.80 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2014
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