Sennacherib at the Gates of Jerusalem - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sennacherib at the Gates of Jerusalem write by Isaac Kalimi. This book was released on 2014-01-30. Sennacherib at the Gates of Jerusalem available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sennacherib and his ill-fated siege of Jerusalem fascinated the ancient world. Twelve scholars—in Hebrew Bible, Assyriology, archaeology, Egyptology, Classics, Aramaic, Rabbinic and Christian literatures—examine how and why the Sennacherib story was told and re-told in more than a dozen cultures for over a thousand years. From Akkadian to Arabic, stories and legends about Sennacherib became the first vernacular tales of the imperial world. These essays address outstanding historical issues of the campaign and the sources, and press on to expose the stories’ theological and cultural roles in inner-cultural dialogues, ethnic origin stories, and morality tales. This book is the first of its kind for readers seeking out historical and historiographic bridges between the ancient and late antique worlds. "This work will undoubtedly serve as an important resource on the Assyrian attack on Jerusalem in 701..." Song-Mi Suzie Park, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Horizons in Biblical Theology
Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age
Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age write by Joan Aruz. This book was released on 2014-09-15. Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Bringing together the research of internationally renowned scholars, Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age contributes significantly to our understanding of the epoch-making artistic and cultural exchanges that took place across the Near East and Mediterranean in the early first millennium B.C. This was the world of Odysseus, in which seafaring Phoenician merchants charted new nautical trade routes and established prosperous trading posts and colonies on the shores of three continents; of kings Midas and Croesus, legendary for their wealth; and of the Hebrew Bible, whose stories are brought vividly to life by archaeological discoveries. Objects drawn from collections in the Middle East, Europe, North Africa, and the United States, reproduced here in sumptuous detail, reflect the cultural encounters of diverse populations interacting through trade, travel, and migration as well as war and displacement. Together, they tell a compelling story of the origins and development of Western artistic traditions that trace their roots to the ancient Near East and across the Mediterranean world. Among the masterpieces brought together in this volume are stone reliefs that adorned the majestic palaces of ancient Assyria; expertly crafted Phonecian and Syrian bronzes and worked ivories that were stored in the treasuries of Assyria and deposited in tombs and sanctuaries in regions far to the west; and lavish personal adornments and other luxury goods, some imported and others inspired by Near Eastern craftsmanship. Accompanying texts by leading scholars position each object in cultural and historical context, weaving a narrative of crisis and conquest, worship and warfare, and epic and empire that spans both continents and millennia. Writing another chapter in the story begun in Art of the First Cities (2003) and Beyond Babylon (2008), Assyria to Iberia offers a comprehensive overview of art, diplomacy, and cultural exchange in an age of imperial and mercantile expansion in the ancient Near East and across the Mediterranean in the first millennium B.C.—the dawn of the Classical age.
The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction
The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction write by Michael Coogan. This book was released on 2008-03-28. The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The author offers an exploration of the 'Old Testament', illuminating its importance as history, literature, and sacred text. He provides an overview of one of the great pillars of Western religion and culture, a book which remains important today for Jews, Christians, and Muslims worldwide.
Siege at the Gates
Siege at the Gates - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Siege at the Gates write by Thurman C. Petty. This book was released on 2007. Siege at the Gates available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Hezekiahs father, King Ahaz, had made Judah a slave to the hated Assyrians. He had transformed the beautiful Temple into a pagan shrine, and had even sacrificed his infant son in the fire pit of Milcom. All to prove to the Assyrian king that he gave no allegiance to Yaweh.Then he anointed the young Hezekiah to rule Judah in his stead. O Lord, Hezekiah prayed, make me the best king Judah has ever had. Hezekiah made mistakes. He had tragic failures, yet his life shows the heights and depths we all faceand how God can lead us through both.
The Annals of Sennacherib
The Annals of Sennacherib - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Annals of Sennacherib write by Sennacherib (Assyrisches Reich, König). This book was released on 1924. The Annals of Sennacherib available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
