Open AccessJerusalem's Survival, Sennacherib's Departure, and the Kushite Role in 701 BCE: An Examination of Henry Aubin's Rescue of Jerusalem
Author(s) -
Alice Ogden Bellis,
Marta Høyland Lavik,
Song-Mi Suzie Park,
Christopher B. Hays,
Jeremy Pope,
Aidan Dodson,
Lester L. Grabbe,
Alan B. Lloyd,
K. Lawson Younger,
Henry T. Aubin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of hebrew scriptures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1203-1542
DOI - 10.5508/jhs29552
Subject(s) - egyptology , alliance , hebrews , ancient history , parallels , classics , philosophy , history , art , theology , archaeology , engineering , mechanical engineering
This volume focuses on Henry Aubin's thesis in The Rescue of Jerusalem: The Alliance between Hebrews and Africans in 701 BC (2002) that an army of Egypt's Kushite Dynasty (also known as the Twenty-fifth Dynasty) was influential in saving Jerusalem from capture by Assyrian forces. Eight scholars from a range of disciplines—biblical studies, Assyriology, Egyptology and Nubiology—assess the thesis and explore related ideas. Most of the evaluators tilt in varying degrees toward the plausibility of the book's thesis. The volume concludes with Mr. Aubin's response to each essay.