Book contents
- Why the Bible Began
- Why the Bible Began
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Part I The Rise and Fall
- 1 Abraham and Sarah
- 2 Miriam
- 3 Deborah
- 4 King David
- 5 Ahab and Jezebel
- 6 Jehu and Elisha
- 7 Hezekiah and Isaiah
- 8 Josiah and Huldah
- Part II Admitting Defeat
- Part III A New Narrative
- Part IV A People of Protest
- Subject Index
- Scholars Cited
- Biblical References
- References
7 - Hezekiah and Isaiah
Putting Judah on the Map
from Part I - The Rise and Fall
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 July 2023
Book contents
- Why the Bible Began
- Why the Bible Began
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Part I The Rise and Fall
- 1 Abraham and Sarah
- 2 Miriam
- 3 Deborah
- 4 King David
- 5 Ahab and Jezebel
- 6 Jehu and Elisha
- 7 Hezekiah and Isaiah
- 8 Josiah and Huldah
- Part II Admitting Defeat
- Part III A New Narrative
- Part IV A People of Protest
- Subject Index
- Scholars Cited
- Biblical References
- References
Summary
These lines are from the poem that the English poet and peer Lord Byron published in his Hebrew Melodies from 1815. What inspired this unusual treatment of an Assyrian monarch was Byron’s interest in the Middle East (he died helping Greece in its war with the Ottoman Empire), his interest in Jewish emancipation, and the biblical account of Assyria’s assault on ancient Judah.
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- Why the Bible BeganAn Alternative History of Scripture and its Origins, pp. 101 - 118Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
References
Further Reading
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Fleming, Daniel E., The Legacy of Israel in Judah’s Bible: History, Politics, and the Reinscribing of Tradition, Cambridge University Press, 2012.Google Scholar
Grabbe, Lester L. (ed.), Like a Bird in a Cage: The Invasion of Sennacherib in 701 bce, Bloomsbury, 2003.Google Scholar
Kahn, Dan’el, Sennacherib’s Campaign against Judah: A Source Analysis of Isaiah 36–37, Cambridge University Press, 2020.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Lipschits, Oded, Age of Empires: The History and Administration of Judah in the 8th–2nd Centuries BCE in Light of the Storage-Jar Stamp Impressions, Penn State University Press, 2021.Google Scholar
Luckenbill, Daniel David, The Annals of Sennacherib, Oriental Institute Publications, 1924.Google Scholar
Matty, Nazek Khalid, Sennacherib’s Campaign against Judah and Jerusalem in 701 B.C.: A Historical Reconstruction, De Gruyter, 2016.Google Scholar
Park, Song-Mi Suzie, Hezekiah and the Dialogue of Memory, Fortress Press, 2015.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Russell, Stephen C., The King and the Land: A Geography of Royal Power in the Biblical World, Oxford University Press, 2017.Google Scholar
Schniedewind, William, How the Bible Became a Book: The Textualization of Ancient Israel, Cambridge University Press, 2005.Google Scholar
Ussishkin, David, Biblical Lachish: A Tale of Construction, Destruction, Excavation and Restoration, Israel Exploration Society, 2014.Google Scholar