Nahum and the greek tradition on Nineveh's fall

Greek tradition does not provide consistent and reliable evidence that an unusual inundation contributed to the fall of Nineveh. The Babylonian chronicles do not mention such an extraordinary event nor have archaeological excavations at Nineveh produced any evidence in support of such notion. Nineve...

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Main Author: Pinker, Aron (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The National Library of Canada 2006
In: The journal of Hebrew scriptures
Year: 2006, Volume: 6, Pages: 2-16
IxTheo Classification:BC Ancient Orient; religion
HB Old Testament
HH Archaeology
Further subjects:B Ninive
B Nahum
B Diodorus Siculus
B Xenophon (430 BC-354 BC)
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Summary:Greek tradition does not provide consistent and reliable evidence that an unusual inundation contributed to the fall of Nineveh. The Babylonian chronicles do not mention such an extraordinary event nor have archaeological excavations at Nineveh produced any evidence in support of such notion. Nineveh's topography precludes the possibility of significant flooding by the Khosr canal. The various verses in Nahum that have been construed as supporting flooding in Nineveh find a reasonable figurative interpretation within a contextual scheme that does not involve flooding. The notion that Nineveh was captured through flooding should be discarded.
ISSN:1203-1542
Contains:Enthalten in: The journal of Hebrew scriptures
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5508/jhs.2006.v6.a8