Who Were the Assyrians? - The BAS Library

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The Assyrians referenced in the Hebrew Bible were a mighty force that exerted power over much of the Near East, including Israel and Judah, in the ninth through seventh centuries B.C.E. Learn about their beginnings over a millennium before they appeared in the Bible and how they expanded their empire from Urartu to Egypt.

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Footnotes

1. Irit Ziffer, “Portraits of Ancient Israelite Kings?” BAR, 39:05.

2. Philip J. King, “Why Lachish Matters,” BAR, 31:04.

3. Eckart Frahm, “‘And His Brothers Were Jealous of Him’: Surprising Parallels Between Joseph and King Esarhaddon of Assyria,” BAR, 42:03.

Endnotes

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Christopher B. Hays, Hidden Riches: A Sourcebook for the Comparative Study of the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2014), pp. 161–189.