Nicolas Wyatt: 2 books
'There's such Divinity doth Hedge a King'
Selected Essays of Nicolas Wyatt on Royal Ideology in Ugaritic and Old Testament Literature
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
The ideology of power is as much a part of modern life as in the ancient world, in which it has its long-lasting roots. Communities have always provided a supernatural sanction for the maintenance of power by the few, often dressing it up in elaborate mythic fictions, rich iconography and complex...
The Mythic Mind
Essays on Cosmology and Religion in Ugaritic and Old Testament Literature
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
The Mythic Mind follows the tradition of works which insist on the necessity for a comparative dimension in the study of ancient Israel. The Israelite world-view was essentially a West Semitic world-view in origin, with additional deeply embedded influences from Egypt and Mesopotamia, though it produced...