The Textual History of 2 Kings 17: Compiled in Light of the Old Latin

326 Pages·2021·3.191 MB·English

by  Timo Tapani Tekoniemi

TimoTapaniTekoniemi
TheTextualHistoryof2Kings17
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Acknowledgements
This book would not have been possible without the help and encouragement
of multiple people. First and foremost, I want to thank Doctors Juha Pakkala
andTuukka Kauhanenof theUniversityof Helsinki,who actedas mysupervi-
sorsduringmydoctoralstudies,andmeticulouslyread,commented,andpush-
ed my work forward from the beginning to the very end. Professor Christoph
Levin of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München is to be thanked for
guiding me in the literary-critical aspects of the work. During the year I spent
in his care in the beautiful and graceful city of München I learned practically
all I know about literary criticism, and for this I will stay ever so grateful to
Professor Levin. For the synthesis of these two critical approaches, and for his
entirelifework,IexpressmydeepestgratitudeandreverencetoProfessorJulio
Trebolle Barrera, with whom I had the privilege to meet multiple times during
my 6 month stay at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. My stay in Madrid –
what a city of arts and culture it is! – would not have been possible, nor as
enjoyable,withoutthehelp,hostfulness,andfriendshipofProfessorPabloTori-
janoMoralesandourmanyconversationsconcerningbothacademicandmay-
be-not-so-academic subjects.I also wantto thank AdrianSchenker for helping
meviaabriefe-mailcorrespondenceattheverybeginningofthisproject.This
provedveryimportanttomeandsomeofmyarguments.
MyresearchwasfundedbyandconductedaspartoftheFinnishAcademy’s
CenterofExcellenceChangesinSacredTextsandTraditions(CSTT).TheCenter
of Excellence, directed by Prof. Martti Nissinen (who is likely the main culprit
for my interest in exegetics), was an extraordinarily capable bunch, full of the
brightestmindsIevermet.IamdeeplygratefultoMarttiandallmyco-workers
attheCenterofExcellenceandtheTheologicalFacultytohavehadthepossibil-
itytobepartofthesamebrilliantworkingenvironment.
Dr. Ville Mäkipelto, a fellow student of Juha and Tuukka, has remained a
valuable friend and supporter of my work from our master’s thesis seminar to
this day. Our numerous methodological discussions and many expeditions to
different foreign countries and academic fields have brought me great joy and
gezelligheid (as the Dutch say; the closest counterpart to this would probably
be the Danish hygge) – I can only hope my companionship has brought these
feelings to him, too. The same may be said of Paavo Huotari, with whom I,
amongmanyotherthings,sharedasweatybutunforgettableconferencetripto
the eternal city of Rome. With Paavo itis always a pleasure to disagree on the
interpretationoftext-criticalcases!Dr.KatjaKujanpää,Prof.SaanaSvärd,and
Prof.SaraMilsteinprovidedmewithmultiplelessons,mentoringeven,notonly
ofscholarlykindbutalsoconcerninglifeandacademia,forwhichIamdeeply
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gratefultothem.Moreover,IthankKatjafortheoriginaltitleofthedissertation.
The friendship and encouragement of Dr. Sanna Saari has been invaluable to
meduringtheseyears.Dr.SebastianFinkdeservesaspecialrecognitionforour
enjoyable discussions and friendship – one day we shall again unite at our
ministry! Similarly, I want to express my gratitude to Dr. Marika Pulkkinen for
ourilluminatingconversations.
ThemanymethodologicaldiscussionsIhadwiththemembersofourCSTT
team, Literary Criticism in the Light of Documented Evidence – Juha, Tuukka,
Prof. Levin, Prof. Reinhard Müller, Prof. Urmas Nõmmik, Prof. Francis Bor-
chardt,Dr.MikaPajunen,andDr.AnssiVoitila–hadaveryspecialvaluewhen
comingtotheconclusionsconcerningthecasesalsointhisbook.Theyarealso
tobethankedformanymerryscholarlyeveningsatvariousdrinkingestablish-
ments (as admittedly are most of the people mentioned here). Another impor-
tant circle of co-workers was the newly founded Text-Critical Study Group of
University of Helsinki,consisting of Ville, Paavo, Sanna, Dr.Miika Tucker, Ossi
Arpe, Lauri Laine, Antti Vanhoja, and Dr. Katri Antin. Many interesting and
stimulating conversations were had with them when discerning the numerous
strange but alluring textual cases. Similarly, I want to express my gratitude to
the members of our Greek Reading Group, and most of all to its tireless leader
Dr. Ivan Miroshnikov, with whom many fun moments were had and many fun
and peculiar texts read. Special thanks go to my CSTT co-members Dr. Rick
Bonnie, Dr. Tero Alstola, Dr. Jessi Orpana, Dr. Christian Seppänen, and Dr. Iz-
aakdeHulster,whosecollegialityIhavehadtheprivilegetoenjoy.
IwanttothankProfessorsAndrésPiquerOteroandMatthieuRichelle(who
alsoactedasmyopponentatthedefence)forexaminingmywork,andforthe
illuminatingconversationswehadduringmyproject.Prof.AnneliAejmelaeus,
Prof.ShuichiHasegawa,Prof.KristindeTroyer,Dr.ElinaPerttilä,Dr.ElisaUus-
imäki, Dr. Kirsi Valkama, Dr. Raija Mattila, Dr. Jouni Harjumäki, Dr. Noël Yeh
Martín,Dr.DavidVillarVegas,andDr.WolfgangSchüttedeserveaspecialrec-
ognition for our many scholarly discussions. I also thank Pilvi Sarjala for her
helpwhenfinishingandindexingthemanuscript.Itisfurthermoreworthmen-
tioning that without two of my former teachers, Markku Mäkäräinen (Järven-
pään yhteiskoulu) and Antti Mattila (Järvenpään lukio), I would have hardly
started my theology studies. Very special thanks for my mental growth during
thelastfewyearsgotoJuhaRainio.
MostofallIwanttothankmyfamily,Outi,Esa,andKatri,aswellasallof
myfriends,forsupportingmethroughallofmyuniversitylife.Thisworkwould
have never been possible without my parents’ loving care, and they have, like
always,mydeepestgratitude.
InHelsinki,February25th2021 TimoTapaniTekoniemiKaalikoski
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Olkoonsiis,etteiolemitäänikuista,jaolkoon,etteikuolemattomuusoleihmistävarten.Silti
aiontavoitellakuolemattomuuttasiinämitassakuinseonvallassani,vaikkakuolematto-
muuteniolisikinvainhäviäväajatus,unohtuvahymy,harmaantuvapaperijanärkästynyt
vastaväite.
Elämäonvainvälkähtävävalokeskelläpimeäämetsää,muistoonvainhuojahtavaesirip-
pu,jokasulkeevalaistunnäyttämön,ikuisuusonvainminussaitsessänijasiksiikuisuuson
yhtäoikullinenjalaskematonkuinsydämeni.
MikaWaltari,Neljäpäivänlaskua

Contents
Acknowledgements v
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Theoutlineandaimsofthisstudy 1
1.2 Methodologicalconsiderations 2
1.2.1 Inthesearchfor“documentedevidence” 2
1.2.2 Wheretofindthis“documentedevidence,”andwhatisitgood
forinthecaseof2Kings17? 11
1.3 Thesin(s)ofJeroboam?ThequestfortheDeuteronomistic
Historianandtheoldesttextformof2Kings17 30
2 Thetextualhistoryofverses1–23inlightofdocumented
evidence 39
2.1 Thesignificanceofverse1intheredactionalhistory
of2Kings17 39
2.1.1 Accidentalomissionofchapter16inthetransmissionprocess
ofLa115? 39
2.1.2 Textualhistoryofverse1 41
2.2 Themysteryofverse2:wasHosheabetterorworsethan
thepreviouskingsofIsrael? 52
2.3 Thetextualhistoryofthe“historical”verses3–6 61
2.3.1 Thehistoryofscholarshipandscholarshipofhistory
inverses3–6 61
2.3.2 Text-criticalnotesonthepassage 64
2.3.3 Literary-criticalconsiderations:OGvs.MT 70
2.3.4 Beyondthedocumentedevidence–themostancientstratum
inverses3–6 78
2.3.5 Conclusions:thetextualgrowthof17:3–6 81
Excursus:Textualhistoryof2Kgs18:9–12 83
2.4 Verse7–atthehingeoftextualunits 86
2.4.1 WhydoesLa115differsomuchfromtheotherwitnesses?
Accidentallyordeliberately? 87
2.4.2 Conclusionstotext-criticalremarks 92
2.4.3 Literary-criticalassessmentofverse7(*a) 93
2.4.4 Possibleredactionalramificationsofthetextual
evaluation 102
2.5 TextualCriticismofthehinge-verses8–9 104