Assyriologists have a lot of big ideas which nobody outside the field seems to know. When I was living in Innsbruck, I stumbled over this article while looking for a different one. It was so striking that I took a few minutes to make a photocopy: Religious controversy was probably more common in Babylonia from... Continue reading: W.G. Lambert on Theological Imperialism
Arzl has not had a king or a Caesar for a long time, but it is still Keith Hopkins’ World Full of Gods. And like unto the Esangila, this house has been covered with scaffolding for a long time due to a little dispute over who should pay the bills for restoring it. I don’t... Continue reading: Temple and Palace, Gods and Kings
