The Coups of Hazael and Jehu : : Building an Historical Narrative / / D. Matthew Stith.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2015
• VerfasserIn: Stith, D. Matthew,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Biblical Studies ; 37
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (198 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Preface --; Abbreviations --; Introduction --; Reconstruction --; Analysis --; Appendix 1: Archaeological and Geographic Background --; Appendix 2: Selected Extra-biblical Texts --; Maps --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463236243; 9783110663037; 9783110716849
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463236243
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: D. Matthew Stith.

The Coups of Hazael and Jehu offers a narrative reconstruction of the events surrounding the rise of Hazael to the throne of Aram-Damascus and Jehu to the throne of Israel in the mid-eighth century. These near-simultaneous dynastic changes were parts of a major shift in the political, military, and economic structure of the Levant, which took place as the mighty armies of Assyria pushed into the region. The book argues that Jehu's bloody overthrow of Joram and Hazael's irregular seizure of power after the death of his predecessor were not independent events, but responses to the Assyrian threat.