Comments on: Exiled Gods in the ANE and the Bible http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2008/04/22/exiled-gods-in-the-ane-and-the-bible/ My musings on Biblical Studies, Biblical Hebrew, Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint, Popular Culture, Religion, Software, and pretty much anything else that interests me! Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:50:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Dr. Platypus » Blog Archive » Origins of Judaism http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2008/04/22/exiled-gods-in-the-ane-and-the-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-289268 Dr. Platypus » Blog Archive » Origins of Judaism Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:13:15 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2008/04/22/exiled-gods-in-the-ane-and-the-bible/#comment-289268 [...] a similar-yet-different approach to the same issue, see Tyler Williams’s summary of “The Exiled Gods of Babylon in Neo-Assyrian Prophecy” by Martti Nissinen. D. P. [...]

]]> By: You are what you read « Faith in Search of http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2008/04/22/exiled-gods-in-the-ane-and-the-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-289105 You are what you read « Faith in Search of Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:58:59 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2008/04/22/exiled-gods-in-the-ane-and-the-bible/#comment-289105 [...] 26 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2008/04/22/exiled-gods-in-the-ane-and-the-bible/ [...]

]]> By: Biblical Studies Carnival 29 (XXIX) « Dr Jim West http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2008/04/22/exiled-gods-in-the-ane-and-the-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-266694 Biblical Studies Carnival 29 (XXIX) « Dr Jim West Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:13 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2008/04/22/exiled-gods-in-the-ane-and-the-bible/#comment-266694 [...] Abnormal Duane has investigated the ‘case of the disappearing cuneiform tablets’. His first installment is here. The second, here. And finally, the third, here.  Greg Boyd did a series on God the Warrior which is certainly worth a look. I’ve linked to Darrell’s post on the matter because he has links to the series.  Tyler Williams wrote a fine post on the subject of Exiled Gods in the ANE and the Bible. [...]

]]> By: Charles Halton http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2008/04/22/exiled-gods-in-the-ane-and-the-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-264247 Charles Halton Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:47:24 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2008/04/22/exiled-gods-in-the-ane-and-the-bible/#comment-264247 It sounds like it was a really great conference–I wish I could have attended. Thanks for the summary of Nissinen’s paper–I have read most everything he has written on prophecy and I really appreciate his scholarship.

While I don’t discount Nissinen’s point concerning theological influence of returning the statues, there is definitely an overriding public relations aspect as well. Sennacherib had engaged in three pretty tough campaigns against Babylon. The Babylonians naturally despised the Assyrians and Esarhaddon reversed his father’s aggressive stance and sending back the statues was part of this. However, we see that the tensions were still bubbling under the surface when civil war broke out in 652 between the two brothers Assurbanipal and Shamash-shum-ukkin who ruled northern and southern Mesopotamia, respectively.

]]> By: Dr. Platypus » Blog Archive » Exiled Gods http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2008/04/22/exiled-gods-in-the-ane-and-the-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-264229 Dr. Platypus » Blog Archive » Exiled Gods Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:36:20 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2008/04/22/exiled-gods-in-the-ane-and-the-bible/#comment-264229 [...] Tyler Williams provides a summary of “The Exiled Gods of Bablyon in Neo-Assyrian Prophecy” by Martti Nissinen: In his paper, Martti examined an incident in Assyrian and Babylonian history when the Assyrian king Sennacherib razed the city of Babylon and deported its gods in 689 BCE. The deportation and/or destruction of a defeated nation’s gods (i.e., the statues) was a standard practice for the Assyrians (and other ancient peoples) and was considered an unambiguous sign of humiliation and demonstration of the power of the victorious monarch and his gods. What is particularly interesting is how the event was understood by each nation. Obviously the victorious nation interpreted the events as vindication of the superiority of their king and gods. More interesting is how the defeated nation understood the calamity ideologically. More often than not, the defeated nation would interpret the defeat and deportation of their gods as a sign that their gods were angry with them — not that the other nation’s gods were stronger. [...]

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