The bird and the mountains: a note on Psalm 11

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The bird and the mountains: a note on Psalm 11

This paper demonstrates that the bird and the mountains phrase in Ps 11:1 compares well with a common metaphor relating to siege warfare and military conquest found in Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions and considers the resulting implications.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Quine, Cat
Format:	Article
Published:	Brill 2017
Subjects:	Psalms; Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions; Siege warfare
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37441/

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