Language:
English
Year of publication:
2012
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2012) 25 pp.
Keywords:
Sennacherib,
;
Bible Historiography
;
Assyria
;
Assyria Civilization
;
Jerusalem (Israel) In the Bible
Abstract:
Sennacherib’s third campaign is one of the more thoroughly investigated events that intersects with biblical history. The fact that there are three biblical narratives (2 Kgs 18–19; Isa 36–37; 2 Chr 32) concerned with the Assyrian campaign against Judah underscores its obvious importance to the biblical writers. The existence of multiple copies of Assyrian annals that refer to these events, as well as the “Lachish reliefs” pictorially depicting the Assyrian siege and sacking of the Judahite city during the same campaign, likely explains why the events have captured the imagination of biblical scholars and historians alike.
Note:
Appeared also in the journal's print version "Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures" 9 (2014) 81-106.
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