Contested Kingship: Joseph, Jehoiachin, and Judah in Genesis 49
The so-called blessings of Jacob in Gen 49 are full of textual and interpretive difficulties. The concentration of these difficulties in the verses concerning Judah (Gen 49:8-12) and Joseph (Gen 49:22-26) points to their origin in conflict over the locus of legitimate kingship. This article argues t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
Year: 2025, Volume: 137, Issue: 2, Pages: 185-211 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Joseph Patriarch
/ Jehoiachin Judah, King
/ Judah Biblical character
/ Jacob
/ Bible. Genesis 49
/ Blessing
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Joseph
B Genesis B Judah B Israel B Jehoiachin |
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| Summary: | The so-called blessings of Jacob in Gen 49 are full of textual and interpretive difficulties. The concentration of these difficulties in the verses concerning Judah (Gen 49:8-12) and Joseph (Gen 49:22-26) points to their origin in conflict over the locus of legitimate kingship. This article argues that a number of these problems are a result of disputes between the descendants of those deported to Babylon with Jehoiachin in 597 BCE and the descendants of those left behind with Zedekiah in the homeland. The high concentration of textual problems in Gen 49 is consistent with similar textual difficulties in other texts concerned with this conflict. |
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| ISSN: | 1613-0103 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/zaw-2025-2001 |
