Reigning like an Achaemenid: How YHWH outrivals the Persian Great King in Isaiah 45

A lot has been said about how Persian ideas allegedly influenced certain parts of the Hebrew Bible. Second Isaiah (Isa 40-55), where the Persian king Cyrus (II) is mentioned by name in Isa 44:28; 45:1, is a case in point. On the other hand, imprints of Babylonian influence have also been posited for...

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Main Author: Schmidtkunz, Petra 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2025
In: Die Welt des Orients
Year: 2025, Volume: 54, Issue: 2, Pages: 251-277
IxTheo Classification:BC Ancient Orient; religion
HB Old Testament
HH Archaeology
TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
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