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1728 Destruction of Jerico, Gerard Hoet, large folio bible engraving (53cm)

1728 Destruction of Jerico, Gerard Hoet, large folio bible engraving (53cm)

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Gerard Hoet (22 August 1648 - 2 December 1733) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver.

1728

Leaf size: 53 x 41 cms.

The Battle of Jericho, as described in the Biblical Book of Joshua, was the first battle fought by the Israelites in the course of the conquest of Canaan. According to Joshua 6:1–27, the walls of Jericho fell after the Israelites marched around the city walls once a day for six days, seven times on the seventh day, and then blew their trumpets. Excavations at Tell es-Sultan, the biblical Jericho, have failed to substantiate this story, which has its origins in the nationalist propaganda of much later kings of Judah and their claims to the territory of the Kingdom of Israel.

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