Afterlives of Ancient Rock-cut Monuments in the Near East: Carvings in and out of Time

— —

Jonathan Ben-Dov Felipe Rojas

Afterlives of Ancient Rock-cut Monuments in the Near East

Carvings in and out of Time

Jonathan Ben-Dov, Felipe Rojas

$494.95 $396.21

Hardback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Brill
23 September 2021

Sculpture; Ancient history: to c 500 CE

Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East

This book concerns the ancient rock-cut monuments carved throughout the Near East, paying particular attention to the fate of these monuments in the centuries after their initial production. As parts of the landscapes in which they were carved, they acquired new meanings in the cultural memory of the people living around them. The volume joins numerous recent studies on the reception of historical texts and artefacts, exploring the peculiar affordances of these long-lasting and often salient monuments. The volume gathers articles by archeologists, art historians, and philologists, covering the entire Near East, from Iran to Lebanon and from Turkey to Egypt. It also analyzes long-lasting textual traditions that aim to explain the origins and meaning of rock-cut monuments and other related carvings.

Edited by: Jonathan Ben-Dov, Felipe Rojas
Imprint: Brill
Volume: 123
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 984g
ISBN: 9789004462076
ISBN 10: 9004462074
Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East
Pages: 468
Publication Date: 23 September 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jonathan Ben-Dov, Ph.D. (2005), is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Tel Aviv University. He has published widely on the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Ancient Time reckoning, including a recently co-edited volume The Construction of Time in Antiquity: Ritual, Art, and Identity (Cambridge University Press, 2017). Felipe Rojas, Ph.D. (2010), is Associate Professor of Archaeology at Brown University. He currently co-directs archaeological projects in Turkey and Jordan, and recently published the book The Pasts of Roman Anatolia: Interpreters, Traces, Horizons (Cambridge University Press, 2019).

Reviews for Afterlives of Ancient Rock-cut Monuments in the Near East: Carvings in and out of Time

The volume's contents are thus wide-ranging and the main message to learn is that ancient rock-cut monuments triggered vivid yet very varied reactions throughout their existence. (...) The editors' intent to consider the afterlives of monuments in this inclusive way is to be praised - Marc Van De Mieroop, Columbia University, in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2022.04.26 This is an interesting collection on how inscriptions were interpreted before modern scholarship and who was interested in doing so. - Lester L. Grabbe, in The Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2022 The volume's contents are thus wide-ranging and the main message to learn is that ancient rock-cut monuments triggered vivid yet very varied reactions throughout their existence. (...) The editors' intent to consider the afterlives of monuments in this inclusive way is to be praised, and I hope that the chapters that do so successfully will inspire others to pursue the same path. - Marc Van De Mieroop, Columbia University, in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2022.04.26.