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.