Esther's revenge at Susa : from Sennacherib to Ahasuerus / Stephanie Dalley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dalley, Stephanie, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Esther--History.

Bible.

Assyria--History.

Assyria.

Jews--History--To 70 A.D.

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The names of the chief characters in the biblical Book of Esther are those of Mesopotamian deities. Stephanie Dalley argues that the narrative reflects real events in 7th-century Assyria which were 'explained' soon after they occurred in a mythologizing cuneiform text.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Family Tree of Assyrian Kings; Introduction; PART I. THE BACKGROUND IN ASSYRIAN HISTORY AND LITERATURE; 1. Kings Sargon and Sennacherib, Father and Son; 2. Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal, Son and Grandson of Sennacherib; 3. Troubles in Babylon and Retribution in Susa; 4. Dissemination in Palestine and Egypt; 5. Some Literature and Its Genres; 6. Ishtar-of-Nineveh and her Feasts; PART II. TRANSITION TO A JEWISH STORY; 7. Assyrian Words, Phrases, and Customs in the Hebrew Book of Esther

8. Links between Seventh-Century Assyria, the Hebrew Story of Esther, and the Kingdom of Adiabene9. From History into Myth: Evolution of a Story; Bibliography; Glossary; Indexes; General Index; Index of Akkadian, Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic words

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-03551-2

1-281-14957-8

9786611149574

0-19-152712-2

OCLC:

476241430