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Godnapping is the theft or removal of cult images by a conquering force.

Historiography

The term godnap was coined in 1991 by archaeologist Alasdair Livingstone in a paper presented at the 38th Rencontre Internationale Assyriologique, and further popularized after publication in 1997. However, the Neo-Assyrian Empire's theft of cult images had been discussed at length by earlier authors, such as by Mordechai Cogan in 1974.

References

Bibliography

• Zaia, Shana (2015). "State-Sponsored Sacrilege: "Godnapping" and Omission in Neo-Assyrian Inscriptions". Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History. 2 (1). doi:10.1515/janeh-2015-0006.
• Gilan, Amir (2014). "The End of God-Napping and the Religious Foundations of the New Hittite Empire". Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäologie. 104 (2). doi:10.1515/za-2014-0016.
• Schaudig, Hanspeter (2012). "Death of Statues and Rebirth of Gods". In May, Natalie Naomi (ed.). Iconoclasm and Text Destruction in the Ancient Near East and Beyond. Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
• Berlejung, Angelika (2012). "The Assyrians in the West: Assyrianization, Colonialism, Indifference, or Development Policy?". In Nissinen, Martti (ed.). Congress Volume Helsinki 2010. Leiden: Brill. doi:10.1163/9789004221130_003. ISBN 9789004221130.
• Johnson, Erika Diane (2011). Stealing the Enemy‘s Gods: An Exploration of the Phenomenon of Godnap in Ancient Western Asia (PhD thesis). University of Birmingham.
• Holloway, Steven W. (2002). Aššur is King! Aššur is King!: Religion in the Exercise of Power in the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9789004123281.
• Beaulieu, Paul-Alain (2001). Abusch, Tzvi; Beaulieu, Paul-Alain; Huehnergard, John; Machinist, Peter; Steinkiller, Piotr (eds.). The Abduction of Ištar from the Eanna Temple: The Changing Memories of an Event. Bethesda: CDL Press. ISBN 9781883053673.
• Livingstone, Alasdair (1997). "New Dimensions in the Study of Assyrian Religion". In Parpola, S.; Whiting, R.M. (eds.). Assyria 1995: Proceedings of 10th Anniversary Symposium of Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project Helsinki September 7-11, 1995. Helsinki: Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project. ISBN 9789514577031.