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SUMMARY:13th Annual Leon Levy Lecture:
DESCRIPTION:Assyria\, in its last or Neo-Assyrian phase of the first m
 illennium BC\, was the first universal empire in the ancient Near East
 . It was an imposing\, indeed terrifying colossus to the many states a
 nd peoples that fell under its sway\, two of which were ancient Israel
  and Judah. The Neo-Assyrian empire was a highly complicated and sophi
 sticated entity\, in which ruling elites and subjects interacted not s
 imply in the military\, political\, and economic arenas\, but\, intert
 wined with them\, in the cultural\, especially the ideological\, arena
  as well. In short\, Assyria was more than a colossus of brute force\;
  it imposed itself on its subjects as a powerful ideological system. T
 he analysis of this system and its relationship to the other arenas of
  the empire has formed an important part of contemporary study of Neo-
 Assyria. In this study\, scholars have drawn on the evidence\, both wr
 itten and non-written\, of the Assyrian ruling elites themselves\, but
  also of their various subject states and peoples. And from the latter
 \, easily the most important evidence\, because of its extent\, variet
 y\, and depth of engagement with Assyria\, has been the principal monu
 ment of ancient Israel and Judah\, namely\, the Hebrew Bible.
LOCATION:ISAW Lecture Hall
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