Cronología de los reinos de Israel y JudáEstudio comparativo del Texto Masorético y la Septuaginta (LXXBL)

Resumen

One of the most controversial issues in the research on the historical period of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah is its chronology. The reason behind this ongoing debate is that the main sources we have for its construction, the synchronisms and lengths of reign of the kings of Israel and Judah, both located in 1 and 2 Kings, reveal several incongruities over the period in which both monarchies coexisted, from the reigns of Rehoboam and Jeroboam in 1 Kings 12-14 to the fall of Samaria in 2 Kings 17-18.The absence of a unanimous response from the scholars to explain these inconsistencies, especially notable in cases where the accession date to the throne of a king and the death notice of his predecessor do not agree, has motivated the development of the present doctoral thesis. Throughout my research I have analysed all the available documentary evidence - Masoretic Text and Septuagint - of the chronological data of the kings of Israel and Judah in 1 and 2 Kings, with the purpose of revealing the reasons for the aforementioned inconsistencies over the period in which both monarchies coexisted...