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

Quine, Cat

Abstract

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 power. The destruction of Nineveh demonstrated that Yahweh answered this challenge.

Citation

Quine, C. (2019). Nineveh’s pretensions to divine power in Nahum 3:16. Vetus Testamentum, 69(3), 498-504. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685330-12341362

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 21, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Jul 8, 2019
• Publication Date: Jul 8, 2019
• Deposit Date: Mar 14, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 9, 2021
• Journal: Vetus Testamentum
• Print ISSN: 0042-4935
• Electronic ISSN: 1568-5330
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 69
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 498-504
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15685330-12341362
• Keywords: Nahum; Nineveh; Ishtar; Stars
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/906106
• Publisher URL: https://brill.com/view/journals/vt/69/3/article-p498_10.xml