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The Jehu revolution : a royal tradition of the northern kingdom and its ramifications / Jonathan Miles Robker

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Robker, Jonathan Miles
Published
Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2012]
Copyright Date
©2012
Physical Description
1 online resource (ix, 343 pages).
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Language Note
In English.
Contents
Introduction : objectives and methodology -- The literary Jehu : a construct and its ramifications -- The Jehuide dynasty -- The Israel source in the Book of Kings : from Jeroboam II through Joram -- Historicity and the Bible : evaluating the biblical materials for reconstructing Israel's history -- Akkadian sources -- Levantine epigraphy : Tel Dan, Mesha, Zakkur, Samarian materials -- Conclusions.
Summary
Who wrote the material about Jehu in the Bible, when and why did they write it, and how reliable is it? After a thorough text and literary critical examination of 2 Kings 9-10, this work demonstrates the plausibility of an 8th century origin for the Jehu narrative, which did not exist as an isolated literary tradition, but represented a part of a larger story of Israel's monarchic history. Ultimately, this book offers a new redaction-historical evaluation of Kings and a historical reconstruction of the events behind the Jehu narrative based on biblical and extrabiblical literature.
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ISBN
9783110285017 (electronic bk.)
3110285010 (electronic bk.)
1283628112
9781283628112
9786613940568
6613940569
9783110284898
3110284898
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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