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Esther's Revenge at Susa: From Sennacherib to Ahasuerus

Autor Stephanie Dalley
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 noi 2007
Why are the names of the chief characters in the biblical Book of Esther those of Mesopotamian deities? Stephanie Dalley argues that the narrative reflects real happenings in seventh-century Assyria, where the widespread belief that revenge belongs to the gods explains why Assyrian kings described punitive campaigns as divine acts, leading to the mythologizing of certain historical events. Ashurbanipal's sack of Susa, led by the deities Ishtar and Marduk, underlies the Hebrew story of Esther, and that story contains traces of the cultic calendar of Ishtar-of-Nineveh. Dalley traces the way in which the long-term settlement of `lost tribes' in Assyria, revealed by the fruits of excavation in Iraq and Syria, inspired a blend of pagan and Jewish traditions.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780199216635
ISBN-10: 0199216630
Pagini: 280
Ilustrații: 54 in-text illustrations, 4 maps
Dimensiuni: 147 x 223 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

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...a convincing contribution to biblical studies.
This is a delightful book...one is likely to find much of interest in this study
fluently written
This intriguing and impeccably researched book provides the biblical scholar with much food for thought.
Dalley has produced an intriguing and thought-provoking book that will be read with pleasure by cuneiformists, biblicists, and classicists alike.

Notă biografică

Stephanie Dalley is Senior Research Fellow in Assyriology at the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford.