John Kerry Impersonates the Iranian Chamber of Commerce
Drumming up business for the ayatollahs.
May 17, 2016
The Joseph Story’s Surprising Assyrian Parallel
Meet King Essarhaddon.
In the ancient text known to archaeologists as Nineveh A, Essarhaddon (or a scribe writing in his name) tells the story of his early life and how he came to succeed his father Sennacherib as king of Assyria in the 7th century BCE. The account, writes Megan Sauter, bears a notable resemblance to the biblical story of Joseph: