Jehu’s violent coup and the justification of violence
| dc.contributor.author | Mokoena, Lerato Likopo Dinah | |
| dc.contributor.author | Meyer, Esias E. | |
| dc.contributor.email | sias.meyer@up.ac.za | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-24T07:00:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-01-24T07:00:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-04-23 | |
| dc.description | Lerato Mokoena is participating in the research project, ‘The justification of violence in Hebrew narratives from the Former Prophets’, directed by Prof. Dr Sias Meyer, Department of Old Testament Studies, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | The putsch carried out by Jehu is one of the most violent stories in the Hebrew Bible. The text justifies the violence by portraying the rebellion as a case of retributive justice for the death of Naboth and as an attempt to purify Yahwism. This article presents a critical reading of the text as well as an overview of how the interpretation of the text changed after the discovery of the Tel Dan inscription. The article also presents recent views on the history of Yahwism and finally presents the story as a (failed) attempt to justify a coup that was probably only about acquiring power. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.department | Old Testament Studies | en_ZA |
| dc.description.librarian | am2020 | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.hts.org.za | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mokoena, L.L.D. & Meyer, E.E., 2019, ‘Jehu’s violent coup and the justification of violence’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 75(3), a5326. https://DOI.org/10.4102/hts.v75i3.5326. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0259-9422 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2072-8050 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.other | 10.4102/hts.v75i3.5326 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/72903 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | AOSIS Open Journals | en_ZA |
| dc.rights | © 2019. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Violence | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Jehu | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Tel Dan | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Yahwism | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Naboth | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Justification of violence | |
| dc.subject | Ethics of violence | |
| dc.subject | Hebrew bible | |
| dc.subject.other | Theology articles SDG-05 | |
| dc.subject.other | SDG-05: Gender equality | |
| dc.subject.other | Theology articles SDG-10 | |
| dc.subject.other | SDG-10: Reduced inequalities | |
| dc.subject.other | Theology articles SDG-16 | |
| dc.subject.other | SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions | |
| dc.title | Jehu’s violent coup and the justification of violence | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |