Sennacherib at the gates of Jerusalem : : story, history and historiography / / edited by Isaac Kalimi and Seth Richardson.

• TeilnehmendeR: Kalimi, Isaac.; Richardson, Seth.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, 2014.
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 71.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (560 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

Sennacherib and his ill-fated siege of Jerusalem fascinated the ancient world. Twelve scholars—in Hebrew Bible, Assyriology, archaeology, Egyptology, Classics, Aramaic, Rabbinic and Christian literatures—examine how and why the Sennacherib story was told and re-told in more than a dozen cultures for over a thousand years. From Akkadian to Arabic, stories and legends about Sennacherib became the first vernacular tales of the imperial world. These essays address outstanding historical issues of the campaign and the sources, and press on to expose the stories’ theological and cultural roles in inner-cultural dialogues, ethnic origin stories, and morality tales. This book is the first of its kind for readers seeking out historical and historiographic bridges between the ancient and late antique worlds. \'This work will undoubtedly serve as an important resource on the Assyrian attack on Jerusalem in 701...\' Song-Mi Suzie Park, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Horizons in Biblical Theology

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- 1. Sennacherib at the Gates of Jerusalem—Story, History and Historiography: An Introduction / Isaac Kalimi and Seth Richardson -- 2. Sennacherib’s Campaign to Judah: The Chronicler’s View Compared with His ‘Biblical’ Sources / Isaac Kalimi -- 3. Cross-examining the Assyrian Witnesses to Sennacherib’s Third Campaign: Assessing the Limits of Historical Reconstruction / Mordechai Cogan -- 4. Sennacherib’s Campaign to Judah: The Archaeological Perspective with an Emphasis on Lachish and Jerusalem / David Ussishkin -- 5. Beyond the Broken Reed: Kushite Intervention and the Limits of l’histoire événementielle / Jeremy Pope -- 6. Family Matters: Psychohistorical Reflections on Sennacherib and His Times / Eckart Frahm -- 7. The Road to Judah: 701 bornc.e. in the Context of Sennacherib’s Political-Military Strategy / Frederick Mario Fales -- 8. Sennacherib’s Invasion of the Levant through the Eyes of Assyrian Intelligence Services / Peter Dubovský -- 9. Memories of Sennacherib in Aramaic Tradition / Tawny L Holm -- 10. Sennacherib’s Campaign and its Reception in the Time of the Second Temple / Gerbern S. Oegema -- 11. Sennacherib in Midrashic and Related Literature: Inscribing History in Midrash / Rivka Ulmer -- 12. The Devil in Person, the Devil in Disguise: Looking for King Sennacherib in Early Christian Literature / Joseph Verheyden -- 13. The First “World Event”: Sennacherib at Jerusalem / Seth Richardson -- Index of Topics -- Index of Key Terms -- Index of Sources and Compositions -- Index of Modern Authors.