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• Title: In Search of the Narrator's Voice: A Discourse Analysis of 2 Kings 18:13-16.
• Author : Journal of Biblical Literature
• Release Date : January 22, 2008
• Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 204 KB

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The accounts of Sennacherib's invasion of Judah in 2 Kgs 18:13-19:37 have been the subject of much scholarly debate. (1) We can discern at least two distinct accounts in the story of Sennacherib's invasion. In the first, shorter account (account A; 18:13-16), Hezekiah surrenders to Sennacherib's demands by paying him silver and gold. In the second, longer account (account B; 18:17-19:37), Sennacherib sends his envoys to persuade Hezekiah, who seems to be resistant this time. Ultimately Jerusalem miraculously survives the Assyrian campaign, thus fulfilling the prophet Isaiah's oracle of salvation. Brevard S. Childs further distinguishes two layers in account B: B1 covers 18:17-19:9a, 36-37, and B2, 19:9b-35. (2) His suggestions are generally followed with minor variations. (3) In this article, I use the term "account B" to refer to both the accounts B1 and B2. Scholars have taken different avenues to account for these apparently contradictory accounts (account A and account B). Most approaches have been historical or critical. (4) The accounts are further complemented by the parallel narratives in 2 Chronicles 32 and Isaiah 36-37 as well as the extrabiblical sources such as the annals of Sennacherib and the relief describing the siege of Lachish discovered in Sennacherib's palace at Nineveh. (5) These biblical and extrabiblical sources allow us to look at the historical reality from different angles. However, these sources do not report the campaign in one voice. For example, while the annals of Sennacherib boast of Sennacherib's successful Palestinian campaign, the Hebrew Bible mentions the deliverance of Jerusalem and the defeat of the Assyrians. These contradictory accounts keep students of today from drawing a decisive conclusion about what really happened. Some scholars have even tried to explain the two accounts in Kings as reflecting two campaigns by Sennacherib. (6) However, in a literary approach that follows the lead of Donald J. Wiseman, who observed that 2 Kgs 18:17-37 is parallel to 18:13-16, Richard S. Hess asserts that account B is an elaboration of account A. (7) He further argues that accounts A and B follow the "techniques of resumption and expansion" often found in the OT, where the first, shorter summary of the narrative is followed by a second, longer account, offering details of the same event as the first. (8)

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