RT Review
T1 The Invasion of Sennacherib in the Book of Kings: A Source-Critical and Rhetorical Study of 2 Kings 18–19. By Paul S. Evans
JF The journal of theological studies
VO 62
IS 2
SP 666
OP 669
A1 Clements, Ronald Ernest 1929-2024
LA English
YR 2011
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1783729147
AB Since the publication in 1851 of news of the discovery of the Sennacherib Chronicle the biblical account of the threat to Jerusalem posed by the forces of Assyria in 701 bce has posed a challenge to biblical historians. Recent years have witnessed a near-tidal wave of fresh attempts to explain the reports of an intervention by the ‘Angel of Yahweh’ to slaughter in a single night 185,000 of the attacking force, and thereby to save the city and its king (2 Kgs. 18:35). Evans's reopening of current issues in the study begins with a full and detailed examination of the analysis initiated by Bernhardt Stade of the account recorded in 2 Kings 18–19, which he labels the Stade–Childs position. B. S.
K1 Rezension
DO 10.1093/jts/flr074