Browsing by Subject "Babylonian captivity"

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    • Beginning discovery (Chapter 1) 

      Thelle, Rannfrid I. (Taylor & Francis, 2019)
      After lying buried in the ground for over 2000 years, the remains of ancient Babylon were excavated around 100 years ago. Yet, even after its discovery the city remains enveloped in a web of myth, and occupies a unique ...

    • Biblical Babylon (Chapter 2) 

      Thelle, Rannfrid I. (Taylor & Francis, 2019)
      The biblical texts about the Tower of Babel, the Babylonian kingdom, and Nebuchadnezzar have shaped our images of Babylon for over 2000 years. The prophets’ devastating speeches and the trauma of the Exile to Babylon may ...

    • European visions of Babylon (Chapter 3) 

      Thelle, Rannfrid I. (Taylor & Francis, 2019)
      Depictions of the Tower of Babel open a window on how custodians of the biblical heritage visualized Babylon, in cathedral art and manuscript illustrations. Through hundreds of years of Western culture, Babylon lived on ...