Exaggeration and Allegationin the Assyrian Royal Annuals

S. Saeed, Safwan

doi:10.33899/moss.2008.6348

	Exaggeration and Allegationin the Assyrian Royal Annuals
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Article 7, Volume 4, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 125-150 PDF (0 K)
DOI: 10.33899/moss.2008.6348
Author
Safwan S. Saeed
Abstract
The exaggeration and allegation in the Assyrian royal annuals is regarded as one of the important and sensitive subject in the study and analysis an important aspect in the political history of Assyria. At the beginning , it aims at the attestation the characteristic of clear exaggeration appearing in the Assyrian royal writings , and to correct the distorted picture reflected by the books of the old testament (Torah), then through writings conducted by a number of foreign researchers about the political history of Assyria via presentation of the related Assyrian textual evidences , also to diagnose the element of exaggeration and allegation of the one-text , their analyzing and comparing with the repeated copies and the text or through studying the implications of one of the texts dating to earlier periods, as well as analyzing the actual dimensions and reasons of the exaggeration and allegation phenomenon appearing in these annuals, and to prove that these texts, especially ones I have dealt with elaborately about the campaigns of the Assyrian armies , the carvings and scenes reflected by the Assyrian carvings about those campaigns which included killing and torture actions in the courses of the enemies, often , they were nothing but for the purpose of propaganda for boasting and pride with the strength intensity , and arousing the feelings of fear and frightening in the spirits of the enemies and people living nearby

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