Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : objectives and methodology
  • The literary Jehu : a construct and its ramifications
  • The Jehuide dynasty
  • The Israel source in the Book of Kings : from Jeroboam II through Joram
  • Historicity and the Bible : evaluating the biblical materials for reconstructing Israel's history
  • Akkadian sources
  • Levantine epigraphy : Tel Dan, Mesha, Zakkur, Samarian materials
  • Conclusions.