Biblical Archaeology Review

Biblical Archaeology Review is the flagship publication of the Biblical Archaeology Society. For more than 40 years it has been making the world of archaeology in the lands of the Bible come alive for the interested layperson. Full of vivid images and articles written by leading scholars, this is a must read for anyone interested in the archaeology of the ancient Near East.

Endnote 16 - “And His Brothers Were Jealous of Him”: Surprising Parallels Between Joseph and King Esarhaddon of Assyria

For a translation, see Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, vol. 2 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1976), pp. 203–211. Because of the early date of the papyrus leaves, some doubt as to whether the tale would have been available to the author(s) of the Joseph story.

Endnote 15 - “And His Brothers Were Jealous of Him”: Surprising Parallels Between Joseph and King Esarhaddon of Assyria

See Kim Ryholt, “The Assyrian Invasion of Egypt in Egyptian Literary Tradition,” in Mogens Trolle Larsen and Jan Gerrit Dercksen, eds., Assyria and Beyond: Studies Presented to Mogens Trolle Larsen (Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, 2004), pp. 483–510.

Endnote 9 - “And His Brothers Were Jealous of Him”: Surprising Parallels Between Joseph and King Esarhaddon of Assyria

For the most recent discussion of Sennacherib’s wives and children, see Eckart Frahm, “Family Matters: Psychohistorical Reflections on Sennacherib and His Times,” in Isaac Kalimi and Seth Richardson, eds., Sennacherib at the Gates of Jerusalem (Leiden: Brill, 2014), pp. 163–222.

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