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The Primordial History: Genesis 1–11 and the Ancient Near East

Explore key narratives in Genesis 1–11, from creation to Babel, compared with their Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Sumerian counterparts to reveal how Is...

Melammu: Divine Radiance in the Ancient Near East and Biblical Traditions

Explore how Melammu, the awe-inspiring radiance of gods and kings in ancient Mesopotamia, originated in the overwhelming brightness of the sun and sta...

The Divine Council and the Development of Bureaucracy

Explore how the biblical divine council evolved from an informal council of gods into a structured divine administration, and how its evolution follow...

King Josiah at the Center of Israel's History

Explore how Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings use distinct Deuteronomic language and literary structure that converges on Josiah's reform, suggesting...

The World Tree in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Traditions

Explore how the image of a great tree at the center of the world was inherited from Mesopotamian myth into the Hebrew Bible and reshaped by later Jewi...

From the Tablet of Destinies to the Book of Life

Explore how the Mesopotamian idea of divine tablets that tracked everyone's destiny evolved through the Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Jewish literature,...

Protecting Widows, Orphans, and the Poor

Explore how the social obligation to protect the most vulnerable members of society evolved from ancient Near Eastern culture into the Hebrew Bible, p...

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Ancient Near East

Underworld Vision of an Assyrian Prince / Daniel 7:4

Highlighted Texts

Hebrew Bible

Genesis 2:11 / Sirach 24:25 2 Kings 19:35 / 3 Maccabees 6:5 2 Kings 19:35 / Exodus 12:29 2 Kings 19:35 / Isaiah 37:36 2 Kings 19:35 / 2 Samuel 24:16 Isaiah 19:25 / LXX Isaiah 19:25 Isaiah 36:4 / The Royal Inscriptions of Sennacherib Isaiah 11:15 / Zechariah 10:11 Isaiah 10:12 / Daniel 7:8 Isaiah 27:13 / Matthew 24:31 Isaiah 11:11 / LXX Genesis 10:10 / LXX Isaiah 11:11 Isaiah 11:16 / LXX Isaiah 11:16 Ezekiel 31:3 / Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta Ezekiel 31:3 / Zechariah 11:2 Ezekiel 31:3 / Pseudo Hippolytus Easter Homily 1:5 Ezekiel 31:3 / Epic of Gilgamesh V Hosea 9:3 / Ezekiel 4:13

Ancient Near East

The Royal Inscriptions of Sennacherib / Isaiah 36:10 The Royal Inscriptions of Sennacherib / Isaiah 36:4 The Vassal Treaties of Esarhaddon / Deuteronomy 13:9 The Vassal Treaties of Esarhaddon / Deuteronomy 6:5

Septuagint

LXX 1 Chronicles 1:11 / 1 Chronicles 1:11 LXX 2 Chronicles 35:20 / 2 Chronicles 35:20 LXX Isaiah 11:11 / Isaiah 11:11 / LXX Genesis 10:10 LXX Isaiah 19:25 / Isaiah 19:25

Deuterocanon

Judith 14:19 / Exodus 12:30 Judith 15:6 / Exodus 12:36

Pseudepigrapha

3 Maccabees 6:5 / 2 Kings 19:35

Early Christian

Ambrose On the Duty of the Clergy 3.13 / Judith 12:16

Matching Reference Citations

Hebrew Bible

Ezekiel 31:3 / Zechariah 11:2 2 Kings 14:9 / Zechariah 11:2 Isaiah 14:8 / Zechariah 11:2 Ezekiel 17:3 / Zechariah 11:2 Psalm 46:9 / Judith 16:2 Psalm 24:7 / 1 Enoch 72:3 2 Kings 19:35 / Tobit 1:18 Genesis 6:14 / Exodus 2:3 Amos 5:8 / Job 38:31 Isaiah 52:13 / Daniel 12:3 Isaiah 10:12 / Daniel 7:8 Isaiah 10:22 / Daniel 9:26 Deuteronomy 29:23 / Lamentations 4:6 2 Kings 8:12 / Amos 1:13 Judges 5:19 / Revelation 16:16 Leviticus 26:29 / Lamentations 4:10 Leviticus 26:29 / Lamentations 2:20 Deuteronomy 29:23 / Hosea 11:8 Numbers 24:17 / Isaiah 25:10 Micah 4:4 / 2 Kings 18:31 Deuteronomy 12:10 / 1 Kings 4:25 Deuteronomy 12:10 / 1 Samuel 12:11 Exodus 12:29 / Judith 13:1 Exodus 12:30 / Judith 14:19 Deuteronomy 6:5 / 2 Kings 23:25 Genesis 15:18 / 2 Kings 24:7 2 Kings 16:5 / 2 Chronicles 28:5 Deuteronomy 1:7 / Revelation 9:14 Deuteronomy 21:23 / Joshua 8:29 Deuteronomy 21:23 / Joshua 10:26 Deuteronomy 14:11 / Matthew 26:11 Genesis 3:10 / Isaiah 47:3 Deuteronomy 28:49 / Habakkuk 1:8 Exodus 12:36 / Judith 15:6 Ezekiel 1:22 / Sirach 43:13 Deuteronomy 29:24 / Jeremiah 22:8 2 Kings 15:16 / Hosea 13:16 Jeremiah 25:15 / Obadiah 1:16 Isaiah 11:16 / LXX Isaiah 11:16 Isaiah 7:6 / Jonathan Isaiah 7:6 Isaiah 27:1 / Jonathan Isaiah 27:1 Amos 5:26 / LXX Amos 5:26 Micah 1:8 / LXX Micah 1:8 Micah 4:9 / LXX Micah 4:9 Ezekiel 31:3 / Pseudo Hippolytus Easter Homily 1:5 Daniel 4:11 / Irenaeus Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching 46 Genesis 15:1 / Isaiah 7:4 2 Kings 21:16 / 2 Chronicles 33:12 2 Kings 19:35 / 3 Maccabees 6:5 2 Chronicles 35:20 / LXX 2 Chronicles 35:20 Exodus 19:4 / Hosea 2:15

Ancient Near East

Esarhaddon's Succession Treaty / Deuteronomy 4:2 Esarhaddon's Succession Treaty / Deuteronomy 12:32 The Vassal Treaties of Esarhaddon / Deuteronomy 6:5 Royal Inscriptions of Tiglath-Pileser 1 / Ezekiel 32:5 KK 17.37 K.3372+5241 / 1 Samuel 28:13 KAR 58 / Psalm 24:7 KAI 26.iii / Daniel 2:37 KAI 26.iii / Ezekiel 26:7 KAI 26.iii / Ezra 7:12 The Creation of the King / Psalm 45:2 The Creation of the King / Daniel 1:4 A Praise Poem of Shulgi / Psalm 45:2 The Treaty between Suppiluliumas and Kurtiwaza / Deuteronomy 30:19 The Vassal Treaties of Esarhaddon / Deuteronomy 5:7 The Royal Inscriptions of Sennacherib / Isaiah 36:4 The Royal Inscriptions of Sennacherib / 1 Kings 7:3 Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta / Daniel 4:11 The Vassal Treaties of Esarhaddon / 2 Kings 6:6

Pseudepigrapha

Jubilees 47:9 / Acts 7:22

New Testament

Matthew 26:53 / 2 Baruch 63:7

Classical

Plato Symposium 189c / Genesis Rabbah 8:1 Philo On the Life of Moses 1.23 / Acts 7:22

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Hebrew Bible

Isaiah 27:13 / Matthew 24:31 Isaiah 30:33 / Revelation 19:20 Isaiah 52:7 / Nahum 1:15 Ezekiel 31:3 / Zechariah 11:2 2 Kings 18:21 / Isaiah 30:2 Micah 4:4 / 2 Kings 18:31 Deuteronomy 8:7 / 2 Kings 18:32 Exodus 12:29 / 2 Kings 19:35 Deuteronomy 21:23 / Joshua 8:29 Deuteronomy 21:23 / Joshua 10:26 Deuteronomy 29:24 / Jeremiah 22:8 Isaiah 10:12 / Daniel 7:8 Isaiah 19:22 / Ezekiel 29:13 Hosea 9:3 / Ezekiel 4:13 2 Kings 19:37 / Tobit 1:21 Exodus 12:36 / Judith 15:6 2 Kings 19:35 / Isaiah 37:36 Psalm 46:9 / Judith 16:2 Nahum 1:14 / LXX Nahum 1:14 Genesis 11:4 / Ezekiel 31:10 Isaiah 19:25 / LXX Isaiah 19:25 2 Kings 19:35 / Tobit 1:18 Exodus 12:29 / Judith 13:1 Exodus 12:30 / Judith 14:19 Isaiah 11:16 / LXX Isaiah 11:16 Exodus 17:2 / Judith 7:27 Ezekiel 31:3 / Pseudo Hippolytus Easter Homily 1:5 Nahum 3:19 / Jonah 3:10 2 Kings 19:35 / 3 Maccabees 6:5 Nahum 3:17 / LXX Nahum 3:17 2 Chronicles 35:20 / LXX 2 Chronicles 35:20 2 Kings 17:6 / LXX 2 Kings 17:6

Ancient Near East

Esarhaddon's Succession Treaty / Deuteronomy 4:2 Esarhaddon's Succession Treaty / Deuteronomy 12:32 The Vassal Treaties of Esarhaddon / Deuteronomy 6:5 Royal Inscriptions of Tiglath-Pileser 1 / Ezekiel 32:5 Esarhaddon Succession Treaty / Deuteronomy 29:20 KAI 26.iii / Ezra 7:12 The Royal Inscriptions of Sennacherib / Isaiah 36:4 The Royal Inscriptions of Sennacherib / Isaiah 36:10 The Royal Inscriptions of Sennacherib / 1 Kings 7:3 Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta / Ezekiel 31:3 Underworld Vision of an Assyrian Prince / Daniel 7:4 The Vassal Treaties of Esarhaddon / 2 Kings 6:6

New Testament

Matthew 26:53 / 2 Baruch 63:7

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Assyria Assyrian Assyrians Mesopotamia Sumer

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The Intersection of Similar Concepts

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Reference Library

Israel and the Assyrians: Deuteronomy, the Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon, and the Nature of Subversion

Crouch, Carly L. • Society of Biblical Literature • 2014

The Origins of Isaiah 24-27: Josiah’s Festival Scroll for the Fall of Assyria

Hays, Christopher B. • Cambridge University Press • 2019

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