Book contents
- Sennacherib’s Campaign against Judah
- Society for Old Testament Study Monograph Series
- Sennacherib’s Campaign against Judah
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Problems in Isaiah 36–37
- 2 Previous Solutions
- 3 A New Historical-Critical Solution
- 4 Source BI
- 5 The Political Events in the Eighth Century BCE and the Results of the 701 BCE Campaign
- 6 Source BII
- 7 The Historical Background of Source BII (683–671 BCE)
- 8 The BIII Strand
- 9 The Babylonian Period
- 10 The Question of the Priority of Isaiah 36–37 vs. 2 Kings 18:13–19:37
- 11 Isaiah 36–37 and Their Location in the Literary Unit Isaiah 36–39
- 12 The Present Location of Isaiah 36–39 in the Book of Isaiah and the Formation of the Book
- 13 2 Chronicles 32 and Its Relation to Isaiah 36–37
- 14 Summary and Conclusions
- Appendix – Biblical Texts
- Bibliography
- Index to Biblical Passages Cited
- Index of Geographic Names and Peoples
- Index of Names
10 - The Question of the Priority of Isaiah 36–37 vs. 2 Kings 18:13–19:37
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 September 2020
- Sennacherib’s Campaign against Judah
- Society for Old Testament Study Monograph Series
- Sennacherib’s Campaign against Judah
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Problems in Isaiah 36–37
- 2 Previous Solutions
- 3 A New Historical-Critical Solution
- 4 Source BI
- 5 The Political Events in the Eighth Century BCE and the Results of the 701 BCE Campaign
- 6 Source BII
- 7 The Historical Background of Source BII (683–671 BCE)
- 8 The BIII Strand
- 9 The Babylonian Period
- 10 The Question of the Priority of Isaiah 36–37 vs. 2 Kings 18:13–19:37
- 11 Isaiah 36–37 and Their Location in the Literary Unit Isaiah 36–39
- 12 The Present Location of Isaiah 36–39 in the Book of Isaiah and the Formation of the Book
- 13 2 Chronicles 32 and Its Relation to Isaiah 36–37
- 14 Summary and Conclusions
- Appendix – Biblical Texts
- Bibliography
- Index to Biblical Passages Cited
- Index of Geographic Names and Peoples
- Index of Names
Summary
The question of the priority of Isa 36–37 over 2 Kgs 18–19 or vice versa has been raised in research for many years. There are numerous variations between the parallel texts. In comparing the Kings and Isaiah versions, Gesenius concluded that the Kings version was the original setting of the Hezekiah-Isaiah narratives. This view began to change with the study of Ackroyd. Profiting from Ackroyd’s work, Smelik raised several arguments for the primacy of the Isaiah text.
In Chapter 10, I present the differences created by the process of transmission. In the second part of the chapter, I present the results of the text-critical investigation according to the new proposal to divide the comprehensive text into sources A, BI, BII, and BIII. Most of the variations can be explained as a result of the attempt to integrate the different sources into one coherent narrative. In most cases, it can be shown that the prior version was in Isaiah; the editor of Kings attempted to hide the coarse stitches in the final narrative.
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- Sennacherib's Campaign against JudahA Source Analysis of Isaiah 36-37, pp. 203 - 220Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020