{"product_id":"the-rescue-of-jerusalem-isbn-9780385659130","title":"The Rescue of Jerusalem","description":"In the summer of 701 BC, the powerful Assyrian army laid siege to Jerusalem, threatening  the Hebrew kingdom with destruction. Had Jerusalem perished, so too would Hebrew  society itself. Rabbinical Judaism and its two offshoots -- Christianity and Islam  -- could never have arisen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But suddenly, the invaders fled, leaving the City of  David intact. Why? The Assyrian retreat has been one of history’s most enduring mysteries.  Now, in this ground-breaking account, award-winning writer Henry Aubin proves beyond  doubt that Jerusalem was saved by the army of the Kushite pharaoh of Egypt, made  up largely of Black Africans known as Nubians, from what is now Sudan. Led by  the great general Taharqa, who would go on to become a pharaoh himself, this African  army seldom figures in modern biblical scholarship -- the result, Aubin argues, of  a racist campaign over the last two centuries to erase the Kushite contribution to  Israel’s survival.“Thoroughly convincing … I am a convert.” — William H. McNeill, winner of the National Book Award and author of \u003ci\u003ePlagues and Peoples\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Aubin successfully achieves his primary goal: he provides the most convincing explanation of what caused the Assyrians to retreat from Jerusalem. In the course of doing this, he has unmasked the unconscious racism that has mangled [our] understanding of Egypt for more than a century.... His insights are of astonishing breadth, originality and importance.” \u003cbr\u003e— Bruce G. Trigger, McGill University, author of \u003ci\u003eA History of Archeological Thought\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A special circle in Paradise is reserved for writers such as Henry Aubin: those able to deal with really big ideas or occasions, and to do so convincingly in tight, readable, unpretentious language.” -- Donald Akenson, \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Aubin writes about complex matters of history, archaeology, and biblical exegesis with a light hand, and his book offers an eminently plausible interpretation of one of history’s great turning points.”-- \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003eHenry T. Aubin graduated from Harvard. He was a reporter for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e before joining the \u003ci\u003eMontreal Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e, where his investigative reporting and commentaries received three National Newspaper Awards. He is also co-winner of the B’nai Brith Media Human Rights Award. His previous book, \u003cb\u003eCity of Sale\u003c\/b\u003e, was a bestselling exposé of the financial interests behind urban development. He and his wife have four children.","brand":"Anchor Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304711672037,"sku":"NP9780385659130","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780385659130.jpg?v=1767741212","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-rescue-of-jerusalem-isbn-9780385659130","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}