I am relying heavily here on Andre ́Neher’s approach to this specific
idea of Maharal’s concerning new worlds, although Neher thinks more in terms
of time and history rather than space and geography. See Neher,Jewish Thought,
142 – 144.
Moyn, “Amos Funkenstein,” 646. See also Funkenstein,Theology.
ThorowgoodmDigitus Dei, title page. Gillis,Islands of the Mind, 121.
Ibid., 1.
Ramaswamy,Lost Land of Lemuria, 6 – 7 , 15 – 16.
Dirlik, “Performing the World,” 396. See also his “Confounding Metaphors.”
See Nagel,The View from Nowhere.
I borrow this phrase from Carlo Ginzburg’sNo Island Is an Island(“The Old
and the New World as It Is Seen from Nowhere,” 1 – 24 ).
Seeing the world as the “ultimate frame of reference” is in Dirlik’s “Performing
the World,” 396. This view also distinguishes this work from what is sometimes
called “ecumenical history”—an all-inclusive world history.
CHAPTER 1
All dates and chronologies for Assyrian, Israelite, and Judahite kings, biblical
prophets, and events are taken from Liverani,Israel’s History.
See Becking,Fall of Samaria;Galil,Yisrael ve-Ashur.
Machinist, “Fall of Assyria,” 179.
Finkelstein and Silberman,Bible Unearthed, 220.
For a discussion of these campaigns and their history, see Na’aman, “Ahab’s
Chariot Force”; Na’aman, “Jehu, Son of Omri.”
Younger, “Deportations of the Israelites,” 214 – 215. The Assyrians used different
designations for the northern kingdom. This is discussed in Kelle, “What’s in a Name?”
It is not even clear whether Shalmaneser V did indeed besiege Samaria. See
Na’aman, “Historical Background.”
Younger, “Deportations of the Israelites,” 207.
Na’aman, “Rezin of Damascus.”
Younger, “Deportations of the Israelites,” 206.
Younger, “Deportations of the Israelites,” 216 , also discusses the difference in
numbers.
Broshi and Finkelstein, “Population of Palestine.”
Younger, “Deportations of the Israelites,” 227.
Ibid., 224.
Cited in Na’aman, “Population Changes,” 206. See also Na’aman and Zadok,
“Sargon II’s Deportations.”
