The Two Editions of the Royal Chronology in Kings
Abstract
In the books of Kings, as Julio Trebolle writes, most serious and irritating problem when comparing MT and LXX is probably the different chronological data in both texts. This chapter proposes to reexamine the relationship between the two editions of the chronology, with an eye to clarifying the stemmatic relationships and cross-fertilizations between the proto-M and proto-G textual traditions. 1 Kgs 16:23 verse, a notorious crux, is arguably the textual irritant that generated the systematic revision of the chronology from Omri's rule to Jehu's rebellion, where most of the textual variants cluster. The chapter begins by discussing the crux of 1 Kgs 16:23 and its consequences in its scribal reception during the Second Temple period. It argues that a scribe understood, quite logically, that the literal meaning of the chronological formula of this verse conflicted with the subsequent chronological data. Keywords:books of Kings; Jehu; Omri
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Kauhanen, T., Piquer Otero, A., Tekoniemi, T., & Torijano, P. A. (2021) · The Oxford Handbook of the Septuagint · doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199665716.013.52 · Cited by 3 · see citing works
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McKenzie, S. L., & Villar Vegas, D. (2024) · The Oxford Handbook of the Books of Kings · doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197610374.013.14
- Authors
- Hendel, R. S.
- Corresponding author
- Hendel, Ronald S.
- Venue
- Textual Criticism and Dead Sea Scrolls Studies in Honour of Julio Trebolle Barrera
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Published
- 2012-01-01
- Pages
- 99-114
- OpenAlex
- W2256439162
- Semantic Scholar
- e5a795a14964770291b049caeb45bce2eb1538e7
- Cited by
- 3
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 2 · 2021: 1
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- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- BRILL eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Classical Studies and Philology
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis
- Keywords
- Books of Kings, royal chronology, textual variants, Septuagint, textual transmission, Second Temple period, Jehu, Omri, Jehoahaz, Jehoiachin, Jehoiachin's reign, textual crux
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