Description
Far from being a Judeo-Christian invention, apocalyptic thought had its roots in the ancient Near East and was expressed in its art.
About the Author
Mehmet-Ali Atac studied architecture, art history, and archaeology, earning his Ph.D. from Harvard Unviersity, Massachusetts in 2003. He was Whiting Post-doctoral Fellow in the Humanities at Princeton University, New Jersey (2003-2004) and Hetty Goldman Member in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (2010-11). From 2004 to 2015, he taught at Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania. A scholar of the art of the ancient Near East, he is the author of The Mythology of Kingship in Neo-Assyrian Art (Cambridge, 2010).
Book Information
ISBN 9781107154957
Author Mehmet-Ali Atac
Format Hardback
Page Count 298
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 810g
Dimensions(mm) 260mm * 185mm * 18mm