Jakob Barth, Die Nominalbildung in den semitischen Sprachen (1889). Arabic, Geʿez, Syriac, and square script—the only reason he doesn't expect you to read cuneiform is because people were still figuring out Akkadian at the time.
July 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Jakob Barth, Die Nominalbildung in den semitischen Sprachen (1889). Arabic, Geʿez, Syriac, and square script—the only reason he doesn't expect you to read cuneiform is because people were still figuring out Akkadian at the time.
Anyway, that was Sennacherib's third campaign. It had tremendous consequences for the Levant, but you won't read about that in the Bible. The good people of Wikipedia, meanwhile, report on it in a way that is all their own. /🧵
July 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Anyway, that was Sennacherib's third campaign. It had tremendous consequences for the Levant, but you won't read about that in the Bible. The good people of Wikipedia, meanwhile, report on it in a way that is all their own. /🧵
In Sennacherib's account, the Assyrians are responding to a large-scale rebellion in the Levant, which they suppress easily. He lays siege to Jerusalem, and exacts a tribute of 30 talents of gold, 800 of silver, his daughter(s), and much more. oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap3...
July 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
In Sennacherib's account, the Assyrians are responding to a large-scale rebellion in the Levant, which they suppress easily. He lays siege to Jerusalem, and exacts a tribute of 30 talents of gold, 800 of silver, his daughter(s), and much more. oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap3...
