Nineveh’s pretensions to divine power in Nahum 3:16

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Nineveh’s pretensions to divine power in Nahum 3:16

With the exception of Nahum 3:16, in the Hebrew Bible Yahweh alone has the power to multiply humans so that they will be as innumerable as the stars. Nineveh’s multiplication of her merchants “more than the stars of the heavens” (Nah 3:16) was, therefore, tantamount to a challenge to Yahweh’s divine...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Quine, Cat
Format:	Article
Published:	Brill 2018
Subjects:	Nahum; Nineveh; Ishtar; Stars
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50444/

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