Jonathan Miles Robker – författare

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.

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.

Die Figur des Bileam weckt seit Jahrtausenden das Interesse von Exegeten und Schriftgelehrten. Jonathan Miles Robker untersucht die verschiedenen Versionen der literarischen Person Bileam, wie sie in biblischer und epigraphischer Literatur dargestellt wird. Indem der Autor die individuellen Informationen über Bileam, die in verschiedenen Quellen (den Wandverputzinschriften von Deʿir Alla, Numeri 22-24.31; Deuteronomium 23; Josua 13; 24; Richter 11; Micha 6 und Nehemia 13) präsentiert wird, gegenüberstellt, versucht der Autor, die Entwicklung der Charakterisierungen Bileams von den ältesten überlieferten Materialien zu den jüngsten in der hebräischen Bibel nachzuvollziehen. Dadurch treibt Jonathan Miles Robker den Diskurs über die literarische und traditionshistorische Entwicklung der Texte, aus denen die hebräische Bibel entstand, voran. Über den Text der hebräischen Bibel hinaus verfolgt er auch die kontinuierliche Entwicklung von Bileams Charakterisierung durch die Texte von Qumran und das Neue Testament. Dazu steuert der Autor Diskussionen aus der Religionsgeschichte der Antike bei.