Sennacherib at the gates of Jerusalem : : story, history and historiography /

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

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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...

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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.
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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.

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