Thinking, recording, and writing history in the ancient world / edited by Kurt A. Raaflaub.
Thinking, Recording, and Writing History in the Ancient World presents a cross-cultural comparison of the ways in which ancient civilizations thought about the past and recorded their own histories. Written by an international group of scholars working in many disciplinesTruly cross-cultural, coveri...
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Table of Contents:
- Thinking, Recording, and Writing History in the Ancient World; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Suggested Readings; 1 On Being Historical; References; 2 The Task and Ritual of Historical Writing in Early China; Prologue: The Historical Context; Four Early, Influential Texts; From Scribal Records to History; Constructing an "Orderly" History; The Subtleties of Revealing and Concealing; Final Considerations; Notes; References; 3 History and Primordium in Ancient Indian Historical Writing: Itihasa and Puranạ in the Mahabhaata and Beyond.
- IntroductionHistory-writing in Ancient India; The Genre Itihasa; The Genre Purana; Concluding Reflections; Notes; References; 4 Historical Consciousness and Historical Traditions in Early North India; Notes; References; 5 Thinking, Recording, and Writing History in Ancient Japan: The Nihon shoki as a Text of Transition; Introduction; The International Context of Writing History in Ancient Japan; The Role of the Scribes; Rulers and Scribes: Creating History for Multiple Audiences; Notes in the Nihon Shoki; The Readings of the Nihon Shoki; The Yoro readings of the Nihon shoki.
- The later readingsNihon Shoki and Kojiki; Unbroken continuity; Political and Official Function; The Development of Nonofficial and Literary Genres; Summary and Conclusion; References; 6 As the Dharmacakra Turns: Buddhist and Jain Macrohistorical Narratives of the Past, Present, and Future; Introduction: Didactic Purposes and Institutional Value of Macrohistorical Narratives; Genres of Buddhist and Jain History; Jain genres of history; Buddhist genres of hagiography and history; Paradigms of Buddhist Rulership; Aśoka's legacy as Dharmaraja; Menander, an Indo-Greek emulator of Aśoka?
- Śaka intermediaries for Buddhist transmissionParadigms of patronage under the Kusanas; Bad reputation of the barbarous Huns vs. Buddhist historical realities; Conclusions: Relevance of Buddhist and Jain Stories of the Past; Notes; References; 7 History as Festival? A Reassessment of the Use of the Past and the Place of Historiography in Ancient Egyptian Thought; The Elusiveness of Historiography; History as Festival; History as History: A Look at Horemheb; Singular history: an unprecedented kingship; Formative history: reflecting on the past; Distinct history: the past as argument.
- Successive history: counting the pastThe Two Bodies of the King; Stories about the Past: The Place of Historiography; Abbreviations; Notes; References; 8 The Presence of the Past in Early Mesopotamian Writings; Chronological Table: Periods and Main Rulers Mentioned in the Text1; Introduction; Early Dynastic Writings (2750-2350); Third-millennium Historical Narratives; The Sargonic "Empire" (2334-2154); The Third Dynasty of Ur (2112-2004); The Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595); The Poetics of History; 1 The Sumerian King List (SKL); 2 The Curse of Agade (CA); 3 The Death of Ur-Namma (DU)