Like a Bird in a Cage The Invasion of

The European Seminar on Methodology in Israel's history has spent a number of years debating historical method. This volume focuses very specifically on Sennacherib's invasion of Judah in 701 BCE. With information from a variety of sources -- archaeological, biblical, assyrian, egyptian, and possibly greek -- Sennacherib's campaign can serve as a useful case study to investigate the question of historicity. The contributors to this volume examine the problem from a variety of points of view, with vigorous discussion about the correct way to evaluate the biblical text. The volume makes an important contribution to the on-going debate about how to write the history of ancient Israel.

Lester Grabbe is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism and Director of the Graduate Research Institute at the University of Hull

Abbreviations	p. vii
List of Contributors	p. xiii
Introduction
Introduction	p. 2
Preliminary Remarks	p. 2
Archaeology and Sennacherib	p. 3
Two Centuries of Sennacherib Study: A Survey	p. 20
Summary of Papers in this Volume	p. 36
Articles
Chronology: A Skeleton without Flesh? Sennacherib's Campaign as a Case-Study	p. 46
Malleability and its Limits: Sennacherib's Campaign against Judah as a Case-Study	p. 73
This Is What Happens...	p. 106
Of Mice and Dead Men: Herodotus 2.141 and Sennacherib's Campaign in 701 BCE	p. 119
701: Sennacherib at the Berezina	p. 141
On the Problems of Reconstructing Pre-Hellenistic Israelite (Palestinian) History	p. 150
Sennacherib's Campaign of 701 BCE: The Assyrian View	p. 168
Updating the Messages: Hezekiah's Second Prophetic Story (2 Kings 19.9b-35) and the Community of Babylonian Deportees	p. 201
Clio in a World of Pictures--Another Look at the Lachish Reliefs from Sennacherib's Southwest Palace at Nineveh	p. 221
Conclusions
Reflections on the Discussion	p. 308
Bibliography	p. 324
Index of References	p. 347
Index of Authors	p. 350
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Like a Bird in a Cage The Invasion of Sennacherib in 701 BCE

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