Language:
English
Year of publication:
2006
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
Angaben zur Quelle:
6 (2006)
Keywords:
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Middle Eastern literature, Ancient History and criticism
;
Assyro-Babylonian literature Relation to the Bible
;
Nineveh (Extinct city)
Abstract:
Greek tradition does not provide consistent and reliable evidence that an unusual inundation contributed to the fall of Nineveh. The Babylonian chronicles do not mention such an extraordinary event nor have archaeological excavations at Nineveh produced any evidence in support of such notion. Nineveh’s topography precludes the possibility of significant flooding by the Khosr canal. The various verses in Nahum that have been construed as supporting flooding in Nineveh find a reasonable figurative interpretation within a contextual scheme that does not involve flooding. The notion that Nineveh was captured through flooding should be discarded.
Note:
16 pp.
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Appeared also in the journal's print version "Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures" 3 (2008) 247-266.
DOI:
10.5508/jhs.2006.v6.a8
URL:
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