Literatuur

• - - , Algemeen, 10/07/2007, 24 Hour Museum,
  An expert working at the British Museum has confirmed the existence of an important Biblical figure after deciphering a cuneiform inscription on a small Babylonian clay tablet.
  Austrian Assyriologist Dr Michael Jursa made the breakthrough discovery confirming the existence of a Babylonian official mentioned in the Old Testament and connected to the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar.
  The clay document is dated to the 10th year of Nebuchadnezzar II (595 BC) and names the official, Nebo-Sarsekim. According to chapter 39 of the Book of Jeremiah, he was present at the siege of Jerusalem in 587 BC with Nebuchadnezzar himself.
  In 601 BC King Nebuchadnezzar marched to the Egyptian frontier where the Babylonian and Egyptian armies clashed with both sides suffering heavy losses. Over the next few years the struggle between the Babylonians and Egyptians continued and in the course of these campaigns Jerusalem was captured (597 BC).
  To find a cuneiform reference to someone connected with these remarkable times is rare but evidence from non-Biblical sources for the existence of any individual named in the Bible - other than kings - is incredibly rare.
  
  Nebo-Sarsekim is described in the book of Jeremiah as 'chief eunuch' (as the title is now translated, rather than 'chief officer'). Dr Jursa's translation of the Babylonian tablet proves that his name was really pronounced as Nabu-sharrussu-ukin, and gives the same title, 'chief eunuch', in cuneiform script, thereby confirming the accuracy of the Biblical account.
  "Reading Babylonian tablets is often laborious, but also very satisfying: there is so much new information yet to be discovered," said Dr Jursa, who is Associate Professor at the University of Vienna.
  "But finding something like this tablet, where we see a person mentioned in the Bible making an everyday payment to the temple in Babylon and quoting the exact date is quite extraordinary."
  Dr Jursa has been studying cuneiform at the British Museum since 1991. It is the oldest form of writing known to us and was commonly used in the Middle East between 3200 BC and the second century AD.
• - - , ANE: DISCUSSION LIST FOR THE STUDY OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST, Jul 13, 2007, Old Testament figure named on 2600-year-old tablet
• Blog , Abnormal Interests, July 13, 2007, Nabu-šarrussu-ukin on a Tablet
• Blog , Abnormal Interests, July 18, 2007, What's a ŠA Among Friends?
• Edward Cook , Blog: Ralph the Sacred River, July 19, 2007, Nebo-Sarsekim (Jer. 39:3)
• Kevin P. Edgecomb , biblicalia, 13 July 2007, Contextual scholarship
• Kevin P. Edgecomb , biblicalia, 26 July 2007, Samgar in Jeremiah 39.3
• Encyclopedie , International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, SARSECHIM, SARSECHIM - sar'-se-kim, sar-se-kim (sarckhim): A prince of Nebuchadnezzar, present at the taking of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar in the 11th year of Zedekiah (Jer 39:3). The versions with their various readings--"Nabousachar" "Nabousarach," "Sarsacheim"--point to a corrupt text. The best emendation is the reading "Nebhoshazibhon" ( = Nabusezib-anni, "Nebo delivers me"); this is based on the reading in Jer 39:13.
• J.P. van de Giessen , Blog Aantekeningen bij de Bijbel, juli 11, 2007,

  rabsaris Nebusarsechim

• J.P. van de Giessen , Blog Aantekeningen bij de Bijbel, juli 12, 2007,

  rabsaris Nebusarsechim (2)

• J.P. van de Giessen , Blog Aantekeningen bij de Bijbel, januari 05, 2008,

  Nabû-šarrussu-ukin

• Richard Heard , Higgaion, 11 Jul 2007, The mystery of Nabu-sharrussu-ukin
• Richard Heard , Higgaion, 13 Jul 2007, More on Nabu-sharrussu-ukin
• Richard Heard , Higgaion, 18 Jul 2007, Does the Nabu-sharrussu-ukin tablet prove biblical "corruption"?
• Richard Heard , Higgaion, 04 Jan 2008, Nabû-šarrussu-ukin in Biblische Notizen
• John F. Hobbins , Ancient Hebrew Poetry, July 13, 2007, Jeremiah 39:3 and History: A New Find Clarifies a Mess of a Text
• John F. Hobbins , Ancient Hebrew Poetry, July 23, 2007, Jeremiah 39:3, the Nabû-šarrussu-ukin Tablet, and History: UPDATE
• John F. Hobbins , Ancient Hebrew Poetry, January 05, 2008, Nabû-šarrussu-ukin Tablet Update
• Franklin ter Horst , Website, , De Bijbel is geen sprookjesboek; Uit het nieuws 23-07-2007 (Aflevering 299)
• Dr Claude Mariottini , Blog, July 10, 2007, The Book of Jeremiah and A New Archaeological Discovery
• Dr Claude Mariottini , Blog, July 12, 2007, The Nebo-Sarsekim Tablet
• Dr Claude Mariottini , Blog, July 13, 2007, Jeremiah 39:3 and the Nebo-Sarsekim Tablet
• Henry A. I. Stadhouders , The Nebusarsekim Tablet, [2008],

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