Sennacherib and the War of 1812

Disputed Victory in the Assyrian Campaign of 701 BCE in Light of Military History

Dr. Paul S. Evans (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

2023
T.& T.Clark Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-567-70896-0 (ISBN)

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This volume investigates the question of how both Assyria and Judah could remember the war of 701 BCE as their respective victory. Whilst surveying available evidences for historical reconstructions, Paul S. Evans compares the Sennacherib’s Third Campaign with the War of 1812 between Canada and the USA as an example of disputed victory from military history. Evans examines Assyrian and biblical texts to evaluate the conflict and argues that rather than being intentionally deceptive in their accounts of the events, both sides had reasons to perceive the war as a victory.

This examination of military narratives also illustrates how the fluctuating support for wartime leaders in 1812 is analogous to positive and negative oracles regarding Jerusalem’s leadership during the war years. With differing opinions regarding the success of the Sennacherib’s Third Campaign, this book presents an interesting discussion of the events and demonstrates how our understanding of the war between Assyria and Judah can be illuminated by military history.

Paul S. Evans is Associate Professor of Old Testament at McMaster Divinity College, Canada.

Preface
Introduction
1. Archaeological Evidence
2. Assyrian Texts
3. Biblical Narrative Accounts
4. Prophetic Texts from the Book of Isaiah
5. Disputed Victory in the War of 1812
6. Disputed Victory in the War of 701
7. Scholarly Assessments of Hezekiah and his Rebellion
8. Conclusions
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	13.02.2023
Reihe/Serie	The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	0-567-70896-9 / 0567708969
ISBN-13	978-0-567-70896-0 / 9780567708960
Zustand	Neuware