This time, I cover a couple of forgotten queens of history, Dido and Shammu-Ramat, the reign of GOAT Israelite King Jeroboam II, and the prophet Amos, whose book is a social justice screed against the rich and powerful.
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Bibliography:
Hallo and Younger - ‘The Context of Scripture’;
Shuichi Hasegawa - ‘Aram and Israel during the Jehuite Dynasty’;
Robert Alter - ‘The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary’;
Cogan & Tadmor - ‘II Kings: A New Translation with Commentary’;
Mario Liverani - ‘Israel’s History and the History of Israel’;
Marc van de Mieroop - ‘A History of the Ancient Near East’;
Eckart Frahm - ‘Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire’;
Amanda Podany - ‘Weavers, Scribes, and Kings’;
Christian Frevel - ‘History of Ancient Israel’;
Berlin, Brettler, Fishbane, et al - ‘The Jewish Study Bible’;
Mark Fisher - ‘Capitalist Realism’;
https://armenianweekly.com/2017/06/28/my-name-is-shamiram/
Some Bible quotations taken from the NRSVue and the NJPS with adaptations
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