This time, I cover a couple of forgotten queens of history, Dido and Shammu-Ramat, the reign of GOAT Israelite King Jeroboam II, and the prophet Amos, whose book is a social justice screed against the rich and powerful. 

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Bibliography: 

Hallo and Younger – ‘The Context of Scripture’; 

Shuichi Hasegawa – ‘Aram and Israel during the Jehuite Dynasty’; 

Robert Alter – ‘The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary’; 

Cogan & Tadmor – ‘II Kings: A New Translation with Commentary’; 

Mario Liverani – ‘Israel’s History and the History of Israel’; 

Marc van de Mieroop – ‘A History of the Ancient Near East’; 

Eckart Frahm – ‘Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire’; 

Amanda Podany – ‘Weavers, Scribes, and Kings’; 

Christian Frevel – ‘History of Ancient Israel’; 

Berlin, Brettler, Fishbane, et al – ‘The Jewish Study Bible’; 

Mark Fisher – ‘Capitalist Realism’; 

https://armenianweekly.com/2017/06/28/my-name-is-shamiram/

Some Bible quotations taken from the NRSVue and the NJPS with adaptations