Jehuites, Ahabites, and Omrides: Blood Kinship and Bloodshed
Hypothesizing that Jehu was a scion of the royal family founded by Omri, as the inscriptions of Shalmaneser of Assyria suggest, this article aims at clarifying the way the ancient sources referring to Jehu's coup present the accompanying bloodshed as affecting ‘the House of Ahab’ alone. Jehu�...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Sage
[2017]
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Année: 2017, Volume: 42, Numéro: 1, Pages: 3-21 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Jehu, Israel, König ca. 845 avant J.-C.-818 avant J.-C.
/ Omri, Israel, König
/ Dynastie
/ Salmanassar, III., Assyrien, König
/ Mẹsa, Moab, König
/ Stèle de la victoire
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| RelBib Classification: | HB Ancien Testament TC Époque pré-chrétienne |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Jehu
Ahab
Omrides
Shalmaneser III
Moabite Stone
Jezreel
Samaria
son of nobody
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| Résumé: | Hypothesizing that Jehu was a scion of the royal family founded by Omri, as the inscriptions of Shalmaneser of Assyria suggest, this article aims at clarifying the way the ancient sources referring to Jehu's coup present the accompanying bloodshed as affecting ‘the House of Ahab’ alone. Jehu's identification as Ahab's kinsman clarifies the positions he held under the Ahabites—bodyguard and general—presupposing royal personal trust. Jehu's status as an Omride may explain his decision to leave Jezreel, the capital of the Ahabites, not to establish a new capital, but to rule from Samaria, the capital founded by Omri, who is suggested to have been their common forefather. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-6728 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0309089216661177 |