TY - BOOK AU - Young,Robb Andrew TI - Hezekiah in history and tradition T2 - Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, SN - 9789004229518 AV - BS580.H4 Y68 2012eb U1 - 222/.54092 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Hezekiah, KW - Bible KW - Kings KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Isaiah, I-XXXIX KW - Chronicles KW - History of Biblical events KW - History of contemporary events KW - Isaiah, I KW - Jews KW - History KW - 953-586 B.C KW - Hezekiah, King of Judah KW - Religion KW - RELIGION KW - Biblical Studies KW - Old Testament KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part One Hezekiah via Extra-Biblical Material; Chapter One Regnal Years and Lineage; 1.1. The Regnal Years of Hezekiah; 1.1.1. Overview; 1.1.2. The Date of the Fall of Samaria; 1.1.3. The Date of the Fall of Jerusalem; 1.1.4. Regnal Years of the Latter Kings of Judah; 1.2. The Lineage of Hezekiah; 1.2.1. Relationship to Ahaz; 1.2.2. Relationship to Ataliah; 1.3. Conclusion; Chapter Two The Kingdom of Judah; 2.1. Assyrian Relations; 2.2. The Urbanization of Jerusalem; 2.3. The Siloam Tunnel; 2.4. The LMLK Seals; 2.5. Conclusion; Chapter Three Sennacherib's Third Campaign3.1. Archaeological Evidence; 3.2. The Number of Assyrian Campaigns; 3.3. Taharqo; 3.4. Historical Reconstruction; 3.5. Conclusion; Part Two Hezekiah in the Book of Kings and First Isaiah; Chapter Four The Religious Reform; 4.1. Archaeological Evidence; 4.1.1. Arad; 4.1.2. Beer-sheba; 4.1.3. Lachish; 4.2. Biblical Evidence; 4.2.1. The Report in 2 Kgs 18:4; 4.2.2. The Report in 2 Kgs 18:22; 4.3. The Social Setting of the Reform; 4.4. Conclusion; Chapter Five The Relationship between 2 Kgs 18:13-20:19 and Isa 36-39; 5.1. Relative Priority of the Texts; 5.1.1. Annalistic Account A (2 Kgs 18:13-16)5.1.2. Prophetic Account B (2 Kgs 18:17-19:37 / Isa 36-37); 5.1.3. Hezekiah and Isaiah (2 Kgs 20 / Isa 38-39); 5.2. Editing of the Texts; 5.2.1. Source Division; 5.2.2. Literary Analysis; 5.2.3. The Secondary Nature of "The Fourteenth Year"; 5.3. Conclusion; Chapter Six The Mesianic Oracles in First Isaiah; 6.1. Isa 8:23-9:6; 6.1.1. Overview; 6.1.2. Literary Extent and Structure; 6.1.3. Tense/Aspect Analysis; 6.1.4. Translation; 6.1.5. Function of Isa 9:5-6; 6.1.6. Literary and Historical Context; 6.2. Isa 11:1-9; 6.2.1. Overview; 6.2.2. Literary Extent6.2.3. The Significance of the "Shoot"; 6.2.4. Literary and Historical Context; 6.3. Isa 7 and the Sign of Immanuel; 6.3.1. Overview; 6.3.2. The Identity of Immanuel; 6.4. Conclusion; Part Three Hezekiah in Chronicles; Chapter Seven The Historical Reliability of 2 Chr 29-30; 7.1. The Rededication of the Temple (2 Chr 29); 7.1.1. Authorship; 7.1.2. Material; 7.2. The Passover (2 Chr 30); 7.2.1. Summary Statement; 7.2.2. Other Historical Objections; 7.2.3. Correspondence to Josiah's Passover and Deuteronomy; 7.2.4. Source Material; 7.2.5. The Second Month; 7.3. Conclusion; Chapter Eight The Historical Reliability of 2 Chr 31-328.1. The Reform and the Portions (2 Chr 31); 8.1.1. The Reform; 8.1.2. Distribution of the Portions; 8.1.3. Historical Analysis of the Portions; 8.2. The Invasion of Sennacherib (2 Chr 32); 8.2.1. Hezekiah's Defensive Measures (vv 3-6); 8.2.2. Hezekiah's Achievements (vv 27-30); 8.3. Conclusion; Chapter Nine Hezekiah as a Second David/Solomon; 9.1. The Dynastic Promises to David and Solomon; 9.1.1. Conditional and Unconditional Material; 9.1.2. The Depiction of Solomon; 9.2. The Pro-Solomonic Source of Chronicles N2 - This study draws upon the biblical books of Kings, First Isaiah and Chronicles, in conjunction with Assyrian records and ancient Near Eastern archaeology, in order to provide an updated historical reconstruction of the influential Judean monarch Hezekiah UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=456863 ER -