TY - BOOK AU - Billerbeck,Adolf AU - Jeremias,Alfred TI - Der Untergang Nineveh’s und die Weissagungsschrift des Nahum von Elkosch T2 - Analecta Gorgiana SN - 9781607240242 U1 - 220 PY - 2011///] CY - Piscataway, NJ : PB - Gorgias Press, KW - HISTORY / Ancient / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Der Untergang Nineveh’s und die Weissagungsschrift des Nahum von Elkosch; restricted access N2 - An elaborate historical treatise on the fall of Nineveh and the writings of the prophet Nahum, this work is divided into three chapters. The first contains a translation of Nahum’s oracle against Nineveh with both historical and Assyriological commentaries. The second chapter is a history and description of the city of Nineveh from earliest times to its downfall. A brief but interesting discussion of the origin and development of the Medes as a people closes the second chapter. The final chapter is an archaeological and scientific military description of ancient Assyrian fortifications and a treatise on their use in the warfare of the period UR - https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463215989 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781463215989 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781463215989/original ER -