Ep. 19: The Pious Kings, Pt. 2 (feat. Eve Feinstein)

This is part 2 of the story of the prophet Isaiah, the Judahite King Hezekiah, and the Assyrian Emperor Sennacherib. We explore prophetic oracles, a tortured cultural pizza metaphor, divine snakes, and more on purity and sacrifice from scholar Eve Feinstein.

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Bibliography:

Eve Levavi Feinstein - 'Sexual Pollution in the Hebrew Bible';

Berlin, Brettler, et al - 'The Jewish Study Bible (Second Edition)';

Daniel McClellan - 'YHWH's Divine Images: A Cognitive Approach';

Barton & Stavrakopoulou - 'Religious Diversity in Ancient Israel and Judah';

Francesca Stavrakopoulou - 'God: An Anatomy';

Eckart Frahmn - 'Assyria';

Marc van de Mieroop - 'A History of the Ancient Near East';

Finkelstein and Silberman - 'The Bible Unearthed';

Robert Alter - 'The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary';

Mario Liverani - 'Israel's History and the History of Israel';

Van der Toorn, Becking, van der Hoorst, et al - 'Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible';

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/jerusalem/hezekiahs-tunnel-reexamined/

https://thestateoftheology.com/data-explorer/2022/7?AGE=30&MF=14&REGION=30&DENSITY=62&EDUCATION=62&INCOME=254&MARITAL=126&ETHNICITY=62&RELTRAD=62&EVB=2&ATTENDANCE=254

https://www.thetorah.com/article/hezekiahs-reform-the-archeological-evidence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e2kuETGoOM&list=PLpQ8NT-8yU1qbtN4sHO8I-r4fJI27Adlg