The Fall of Samaria: An Historical and Archaeological Study (Studies in the History of the Ancient Near East, 2) - Hardcover

Becking, Bob

 
9789004096332: The Fall of Samaria: An Historical and Archaeological Study (Studies in the History of the Ancient Near East, 2)

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2 Kings 17 narrates the fall of Samaria. The cuneiform inscriptions dealing with this event are prima facie contradictory: the conquest is ascribed to both Shalmaneser V and Sargon II. The surmise of H. Tadmor that Samaria was conquered twice is investigated. At the same time the events are interpreted in their socio-historical framework.
Tadmor's assumption cannot be falsified, although his theory should be modified on the date of the first conquest: 723 BCE. The fall of Samaria can be interpreted as an inevitable result of the expansion of the Assyrian Empire in combination with internal strives in Israel. Traces of deportation make clear that deportees were treated as normal citizens.
The significance of this book consists in its thorough discussion of the sources and their interpretation.

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Bob Becking is Professor of Old Testament Studies, History of Israelite Religion and Classical Hebrew at the University of Utrecht. His most recent English publication is 'Jehoiachin's amnesty, salvation for Israel? Notes on 2 Kings 25, 27-30' in Pentateuchal and Deuteronomistic Studies (1990).

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