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Historical background of Balaam's blessing in the Book of Numbers and connection with Aramaic oracles
Zábrodský, Roman ; Vymětalová Hrabáková, Eva (advisor) ; Vinklát, Marek (referee)
Bachelor thesis concerns the person of Balaam from the Book of Numbers 22-24 and the narrative regarding him within the whole biblical message and tradition of the texts found in Tell Deir 'Allá. By an attempt to interpret the biblical passages in simple ways and, with the help of text criticism tools, is the author trying to interpret the person of Balaam as emphasized in this tradition. Whole text is then examined in the historiographical context and in broader connection to the Aramaic oracle phenomenon. After the discovery in Deir 'Allá, the person of the Prophet Balaam becomes a deep probe not only in the formation of the biblical narrative, but also in the position of the man of that time. Keywords: The book of Numbers, Prophet Balaam, Tell Deir 'Alla, Aramaic oracle, Old Testament, Moab, conquering of the promised land
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The Stele of Mesha and its Relevance for the interpretation of 2 King 3
KUČEROVÁ, Veronika
The paper is concerned with the synchronic analysis of two ancient texts, i. e. 2 Kings 3, and the Mesha´s stele. Both of them mention an Israelite-Moabite conflict, and it is said they contain two different reports of the same event. The purpose of this thesis is to reconsider this assertion. Both texts were analyzed and their respective literary genres were determined. Then the texts were compared with regard to the aforementioned conflict. At the end of the paper the author concludes, it is neither possible to affirm with any certainty, that both texts reflect the same historical event, nor to disprove it.
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