Louis C Jonker

Louis C. Jonker is a distinguished professor at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He specializes in the biblical literature of the late Achaemenid and early Hellenistic periods, particularly Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah. Hehas published widely, including Defining All-Israel in Chronicles: Multi-levelled Identity Negotiation in Late Persian-Period Yehud for which he has received the Andrew Murray-Desmond Tutu prize for the best theological publication in South Africa for 2015-2016. He is the recipient of several fellowships and the Georg Forster prize (2024-2026) from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.