A Short History of Babylon

Radner, Karen (20. February 2020): A Short History of Babylon. London: Bloomsbury.

Abstract

Much of our perception of Babylon in the West is filtered through the poignant echoes of loss and longing that resonate in the Hebrew Bible. The lamenting exiles of Judah craved a return to their lost homeland after the sack of Jerusalem in 587 BC and their forcible removal by Nebuchadnezzar to the alien floodlands of the Euphrates. But to see Babylon only as an adjunct to Old Testament history is misleading. A Short History of Babylon explores the ever-changing city that shaped world history for two millennia.

• Item Type: Monograph
• Form of publication: Publisher's Version
• Faculties: History and Art History > Department of History > Ancient History
• Subjects: 900 History and geography > 930 History of ancient world (to ca. 499); 900 History and geography > 950 History of Asia
• ISBN: 978-1-83860-170-6
• Place of Publication: London
• Language: English