Sennacherib''s Campaign Against Judah - A Source Analysis of Isaiah 36-37

Informationen zum Autor Dan'el Kahn teaches in the Department of Biblical Studies at the University of Haifa. Klappentext Contributes to text-critical scholarship of the military campaigns of Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, against Babylon and Judah. Zusammenfassung Contributes to text-critical scholarship of the military campaigns of Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, against Babylon and Judah. Kahn uses close analysis of passages in Kings, Chronicles and Isaiah to detect repetitions, breaks in the narrative, and contradictions and inconsistencies in the texts, to argue for a re-examination of their timeline. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The problems; 2. Previous solutions; 3. A new historical-critical solution; 4. The BII source; 5. The political events in the eighth century BCE and the results of the 701 BCE campaign; 6. The BII source; 7. The historical background of BII source (683-671 BCE); 8. The BIII strand; 9. The Babylonian period; 10. The question of the priority of Isaiah 36-37 vs. Kings 18:13-19:37; 11. Isaiah 36-37 and their location in the literary unit Isaiah 36-39; 12. The present location of Isaiah 36-39 in the Book of Isaiah and the formation of the Book; 13. 2 Chronicles 32 and its relation to Isaiah 36-37; 14. Summary and conclusions; Bibliography; Appendix; Index to authors cited; Index to biblical passages cited; Index of geographic names and peoples; Index of names.

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• Authors: Dan'el Kahn, Dan'el (University of Haifa Kahn, Dan''el (University of Haifa Kahn, Kahn Dan'el
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781108495943
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49594-3
• No. of pages: 379
• Series: Society for Old Testament Stud; Society for Old Testament Study Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Religion - Biblical Studies, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament, Judaism, Religious issues & debates, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament / General, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Religious issues and debates