Esther's Revenge at Susa
From Sennacherib to Ahasuerus
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Word Count
70,000 words, Guess
Page Count
280 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-100199216630
- ISBN-139780199216635
- Library of Congress Control Number2007032486
- OCLC Control Number163614109
- Better World Books9780199216635
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL10145793M
Classifications
- LCCBS1375.55
- LCCBS1375.55 .D35 2007
Description
"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."--book jacket.
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