Esther's Revenge at Susa From Sennacherib to Ahasuerus

Name: Esther's Revenge at Susa From Sennacherib to Ahasuerus
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ISBN: 9780199216635

ISBN-10: 0199216630

ISBN-13: 9780199216635

Edition: 2007

Authors: Stephanie Dalley

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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…

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List price: $130.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/9/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 280
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English




The Background in Assyrian History and Literature



Kings Sargon and Sennacherib, father and son



Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal, son and grandson of Sennacherib



Troubles in Babylon and retribution in Susa



Dissemination in Palestine and Egypt



Some literature and its genres



Ishtar-of-Nineveh and her feasts



Transition to a Jewish Story



Assyrian words, phrases, and customs in the Hebrew Book of Esther



Links between seventh-century Assyria, the Hebrew story of Esther, and the kingdom of Adiabene



From history into myth: evolution of a story