{"id":3878,"date":"2025-05-09T16:47:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T16:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/?p=3878"},"modified":"2025-05-09T16:49:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T16:49:34","slug":"gad-barnea-2025-imitatio-dei-imitatio-darii-authority-assimilation-and-afterlife-of-the-epilogue-of-bisotun-special-issue-of-religions-vol-16-no-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/gad-barnea-2025-imitatio-dei-imitatio-darii-authority-assimilation-and-afterlife-of-the-epilogue-of-bisotun-special-issue-of-religions-vol-16-no-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Gad Barnea, 2025, \u201cImitatio Dei, Imitatio Darii: Authority, Assimilation and Afterlife of the Epilogue of B\u012bsot\u016bn,\u201d Special Issue of Religions, Vol. 16, No. 5."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3878\" class=\"elementor elementor-3878\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4dfcd6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e4dfcd6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-654104a ahura-dark-mode-filter-texts-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"654104a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The B\u012bsot\u016bn inscription of Darius I (DB) is a masterpiece of ancient literature containing descriptions of historical events, imperial propaganda, cultic statements, ethical instructions, wisdom insights, blessings and curses, and engagements with posterity. It was disseminated far and wide within the empire and left a lasting impression on the cultures with which it came into contact. However, a specific section of this royal inscription (DB 4:36\u201392), carefully crafted to address future audiences in the second person, stands out sharply from the rest of the text. This passage has made a striking, profound, and durable impression on future generations\u2014which extended over the longue dur\u00e9e in both time and space. This article focuses on the decisive cultic theme undergirding DB in general and its fourth column in particular namely, the king\u2019s profound sense of imitatio dei in the cosmic battle against \u201cthe Lie,\u201d complemented by his appeal to an imitatio Darii by all future audiences of his words. The impact of this call can be traced in later literature: in a DB variant found at Elephantine and, most notably, a hitherto unknown exegetical legend found in Qumran, which seeks to explain this portion of DB through an Achaemenid court tale.<\/p><p>Link:<\/p><div style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2077-1444\/16\/5\/597\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2077-1444\/16\/5\/597<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-lg superwebshare-button-default superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #BD3854;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The B\u012bsot\u016bn inscription of Darius I (DB) is a masterpiece of ancient literature containing descriptions of historical events, imperial propaganda, cultic statements, ethical instructions, wisdom insights, blessings and curses, and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":3879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"content_types":[],"class_list":["post-3878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-journals-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3878"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3883,"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3878\/revisions\/3883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3878"},{"taxonomy":"content_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content_types?post=3878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}