The Akitu Festival : Religious Continuity and Royal Legitimation in Mesopotamia Hardback
by JULYE BIDMEAD
Part of the Gorgias Near Eastern Studies series
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The akitu festival is one of the oldest recorded religious festivals in the world, celebrated for several millennia throughout ancient Mesopotamia.
Yet, the akitu 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 akitu festival demonstrates the effectiveness of religion as a political tool.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:236 pages
- Publisher:Gorgias Press
- Publication Date:01/01/2004
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- ISBN:9781593331580
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:236 pages
- Publisher:Gorgias Press
- Publication Date:01/01/2004
- Category:
- ISBN:9781593331580
