Abstract
This article represents a short reflective essay in honour of the Old Testament scholar Eben Scheffler. It focuses on the writing of the history of ancient Israel texts; examines different approaches to address the history of texts: minimalist and maximalist; and illustrates a minimalist approach in reference to the figure of the Israelite king Jeroboam II.
Highlights
This line of investigation leads in two directions: towards not just the activities that can be historically assigned to Jeroboam ben Joash and towards the figure of Jeroboam ben Nebat, the biblical founder of the Kings’ version of Israel, a kingdom created by the secession of 10 (or 11?) tribes from the rule of David
Description: This research is part of the project of Prof Jurie le Roux, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Old Testament Studies, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria
This article represents a short reflective essay in honour of the Old Testament scholar Eben Scheffler. It focuses on the writing of the history of ancient Israel texts; examines different approaches to address the history of texts: minimalist and maximalist; and illustrates a minimalist approach in reference to the figure of the Israelite king Jeroboam II
Summary
This line of investigation leads in two directions: towards not just the activities that can be historically assigned to Jeroboam ben Joash and towards the figure of Jeroboam ben Nebat, the biblical founder of the Kings’ version of Israel, a kingdom created by the secession of 10 (or 11?) tribes from the rule of David.
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