Sennacherib and Jerusalem : new perspectives

During the campaign of Sennacherib against the West in 701 BCE, the Judahite king Hezekiah paid a disproportionately huge tribute to the Assyrian king. In order to answer the question why Hezekiah’s tribute was that huge, this article surveys the available evidence from a bird’seye perspective. It p...

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Main Author: Becking, Bob 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2007
In: Journal for semitics
Year: 2007, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 267-288
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:During the campaign of Sennacherib against the West in 701 BCE, the Judahite king Hezekiah paid a disproportionately huge tribute to the Assyrian king. In order to answer the question why Hezekiah’s tribute was that huge, this article surveys the available evidence from a bird’seye perspective. It pleads for a revitilazation of a modified "two campaigns" theory. By paying a huge tribute in 701 BCE, Hezekiah regained control over the Judahite countryside that earlier in Sennacherib’s campaign had been handed over to the Philistines.,
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for semitics
Persistent identifiers:HDL: 10520/EJC101064