Palestinian Campaign of the Egyptian Pharaoh Susakim in the Bible and Extra-Biblical Sources
https://doi.org/10.31802/BCA.2020.8.4.007
Abstract
The article discusses the problem of comparing the biblical data on the campaign of Pharaoh Susakim to Jerusalem under the Jewish king Rehoboam and ancient Egyptian infor mation about the military campaign in Palestine of Pharaoh Sheshonk. The solution to this prob lem is of particular importance, since a Susakim’s campaign to Palestine is the first history of the Bible, which can be directly correlated in extrabiblical sources. The article analyzes the features of the biblical message about this campaign, the testimony of Josephus Flavius, discusses vari ous approaches of modern Western scholars to reconstructing the history of the campaign of the Pharaoh Sheshonok, described on the Bubastid portal in the Karnak Temple. A study of the bibli cal and extrabiblical data on the military campaign of Sheshonka raises the fundamental ques tion of how to perceive the historical events described in the Bible.
About the Author
Sergius, Archimandrite Akimov
Minsk Theological Academy
Belarus
Belarus
Archimandrite Sergius (Akimov), Doctor of Theology, Professor, rector of the Minsk Theological Academy
27, Zybitskaya, Minsk 220030
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Akimov S. Palestinian Campaign of the Egyptian Pharaoh Susakim in the Bible and Extra-Biblical Sources. Bible and Christian Antiquity. 2020;(4):138-174. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31802/BCA.2020.8.4.007
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