Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS v
3. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS vii
4. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS xiii
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. REPORT/RUMOR 13
7. ARE THE KUSHITES DISPARAGED IN ISAIAH 18? KUSH APPLIED AS A LITERARY MOTIF IN THE HEBREW BIBLE 19
8. EGYPT OR GOD? WHO SAVED JUDAH FROM THE ASSYRIAN ATTACK IN 701 BCE? 55
9. “THOSE WEANED FROM MILK”: THE DIVINE WET NURSE MOTIF IN ISAIAH 28’S CEREMONY FOR THE COVENANT WITH MUT 75
10. SENNACHERIB’S DEPARTURE AND THE PRINCIPLE OF LAPLACE 113
11. THE RESCUE OF JERUSALEM: A VIEW FROM THE NILE VALLEY 167
12. ISRAELITE INTERACTION WITH EGYPT DURING THE MONARCHY: A CONTEXT FOR INTERPRETING 2 KINGS 19:8–13 189
13. THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM BY SENNACHERIB 211
14. AUBIN’S THE RESCUE OF JERUSALEM: AN ASSYRIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT 221
15. RESPONSES 247
16. RESPONSE TO MARTA HØYLAND LAVIK: THE KUSHITE MISSION’S HISTORICAL CONTEXT 252
17. RESPONSE TO SONG-MI SUZIE PARK: SOME THEOLOGICAL ISSUES IN 2 KINGS 18–19 264
18. RESPONSE TO CHRISTOPHER HAYS: HAYS POSES A TIMELY QUESTION ON SCHOLARSHIP 273
19. RESPONSE TO JEREMY POPE: THE EMPTINESS OF THE THEORY OF HEZEKIAH’S SURRENDER 290
20. RESPONSE TO AIDAN DODSON: ASSESSING THE STRENGTH OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH DYNASTY’S ARMY IN 701 BCE 310
21. RESPONSE TO LESTER GRABBE: WAS THE BATTLE OF ELTEKEH DECISIVE 331
22. RESPONSE TO ALAN B. LLOYD: WHY MINIMIZE THE KUSHITE ROLE IN 701 BCE? 344
23. RESPONSE TO K. LAWSON YOUNGER, JR.: THE PUZZLE OF TAHARQO’S ROUTE TO JUDAH 355