Esther's Revenge at Susa

Esther's Revenge at Susa
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : 9780191527128
ISBN-13 : 0191527122
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Book Synopsis Esther's Revenge at Susa by : Stephanie Dalley

Download or read book Esther's Revenge at Susa written by Stephanie Dalley and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-11-29 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Iraq and Syria, inspired a blend of pagan and Jewish traditions.


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