Jerusalem's Survival, Sennacherib's Departure, and the Kushite Role in 701 BCE
An Examination of Henry Aubin's Rescue of Jerusalem
What saved Jerusalem from destruction by the Assyrian army in 701 BCE? The seemingly invincible Assyrians - the only superpower of the day - had been about to assault the city when they suddenly departed. The Bible says the angel of the Lord swept down on the Assyrian camp, killing 185,000 troops as they slept, obliging the survivors to retreat to their homeland in present-day Iraq. Historians for more than a century have generally agreed that if Jerusalem - the only Hebrew city that the invaders had not destroyed - had been seized and the survivors deported (as per imperial policy in such cases), Hebrew society could have been permanently ex…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4632-4156-8
- EAN: 9781463241568
- Produktnummer: 34263999
- Verlag: Gorgias Press Llc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 388 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.5 cm 713 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 713
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