Robker The Jehu Revolution

A Royal Tradition of the Northern Kingdom and Its Ramifications
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-11-028501-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
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This monograph re-evaluates the literary development of 2 Kings 9–10 within the context of the Deuteronomistic History. This undertaking opens with a thorough text and literary critical examination of the pericope, arriving at the conclusion that the narrative of 2 Kings 9–10 represents neither an insertion into the Deuteronomistic corpus, nor an independent literary tradition. Rather, when considering the Greek textual traditions of the biblical narrative (most especially B and Ant.), one can appreciate the narrative of Jehu’s revolution within the literary context of an extensive politically motivated narrative about the Israelite monarchy covering the period from the reigns of Jeroboam I to Jeroboam II. The identification of this pro-Jehuide source within the book of Kings enables a reliable dating into the 8th century BCE for much of the material in Kings focusing on the Northern Kingdom. Comparing this biblical narrative to other (mostly Mesopotamian and Syrian) texts relevant to Israelite history of the period advances the discourse about the veracity of the biblical narrative when contrasted with extrabiblical traditions and permits the plausible reconstruction of Israelite history spanning the 8th and 9th centuries BCE.

Zielgruppe

Academics, Libraries, Institutes

Autoren/Hrsg.

Robker, Jonathan Miles

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Biblische Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgments;5
2;Chapter 1: Introduction: Objectives and Methodology;11
2.1;The Problem;11
2.2;Objectives;12
2.3;Methodology;16
2.4;Excursus: The Greek Text of Kings;18
3;Chapter 2: The Literary Jehu: A Construct and its Ramifications;27
3.1;The Oldest Biblical Jehu Tradition: 2 Kings 9-10;27
3.2;Literary Criticism;45
3.3;Analysis of Style;68
3.4;Date of Composition;72
3.5;Form and Sitz im Leben;75
4;Chapter 3: The Jehuide Dynasty;80
4.1;Excursus: A Judean Redaction or a Judean Source?;91
4.2;2 Kings 13:1-9;93
4.2.1;Translation and Textual Considerations;93
4.2.2;Narrative Considerations;94
4.3;2 Kings 13:10-14:22;96
4.3.1;Translation and Textual Considerations;96
4.3.2;Narrative Considerations;100
4.4;1 Kings 20:1-34;109
4.4.1;Translation and Textual Considerations;109
4.4.2;Narrative Considerations;115
4.5;2 Kings 14:23-29;120
4.5.1;Translation and Textual Considerations;120
4.5.2;Narrative Considerations;121
5;Chapter 4: The Israel Source in the Book of Kings: From Jeroboam II through Joram;127
5.1;David and Solomon: 1 Kings 1:1-11:25;127
5.2;Jeroboam I: 1 Kings 11:26-14:20;128
5.2.1;Translation and Textual Considerations;129
5.2.2;Narrative Considerations;133
5.3;Nadab through Joram: 1 Kings 15:25-16:34 + 22; 2 Kings 1;140
5.3.1;Translation and Textual Considerations;140
5.3.2;Narrative Considerations;148
5.4;The Plausibility of a Political Source in the Time of Jeroboam I;167
5.5;Concluding Remarks;174
6;Chapter 5: Historicity and the Bible: Evaluating the Biblical Materials for Reconstructing Israel's History;176
6.1;Introduction;176
6.2;The Israel Source;176
6.3;Other Material in Kings;181
6.4;Hosea;184
6.5;Amos;191
6.6;Chronicles;198
6.7;Josephus;203
6.8;Concluding Remarks and Evaluations;205
7;Chapter 6: Akkadian Sources;207
7.1;Shalmaneser III;207
7.1.1;The Campaign of 853;211
7.1.2;The Campaign of 849;220
7.1.3;The Campaign of 848;221
7.1.4;The Campaign of 845;223
7.1.5;The Campaign of 841;225
7.1.6;The Campaign of 838;233
7.1.7;Summary of Shalmaneser III;235
7.2;Adad-na¯ra¯ri¯ III and Shalmaneser IV;235
7.3;The Assyrian Texts;239
8;Chapter 7: Levantine Epigraphy: Tel Dan, Mesha, Zakkur, Samarian Materials;242
8.1;Textual Sources in Syria and Palestine;242
8.2;The Mesha Inscription;242
8.2.1;General Matters and Dating;242
8.2.2;Translation;243
8.2.3;Historical Considerations and Reconstruction;246
8.3;The Tel Dan Inscription;250
8.3.1;General Matters and Dating;250
8.3.2;Reconstruction and Translation;256
8.3.3;Historical Considerations and Reconstruction;275
8.4;The Zakkur Inscription;285
8.4.1;General Matters and Dating;285
8.4.2;Translation;285
8.4.3;Historical Considerations and Reconstruction;287
8.5;Samarian Stele Fragments;288
8.6;The Samaria Ostraca;289
8.6.1;General Information and Dating;289
8.6.2;Contents;290
8.6.3;Historical Considerations;292
8.7;Conclusions;293
9;Chapter 8: Conclusions;295
9.1;Historical Reconstruction;295
9.2;Impulses for Further Study;311
10;Appendix: The Israel Source;313
11;Bibliography;325
12;Index of Biblical Citations;343

Über Autor(innen)

Jonathan Miles Robker, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.