Writing and rewriting the story of Solomon in the ancient Israel
Analyses Solomon's birth, rise, and temple-building within scriptural, archaeological and historical contexts
| Summary: | Analyses Solomon's birth, rise, and temple-building within scriptural, archaeological and historical contexts Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Part I Introduction, Sources, and Historical Background -- Chapter 1 An Introduction -- I. State of Research -- II. Purpose -- III. Methods -- IV. Outline -- Chapter 2 Sources: Epigraphical, Archaeological, and Biblical -- I. Availability of Epigraphical Evidence -- II. Archaeological Finds -- III. Biblical Sources -- 1. The Books of Samuel and Kings -- 2. The Book of Chronicles -- 3. Allusions to Solomon in the Hagiographa -- IV. Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Challenging Recent Dismissals of the United Monarchy -- I. Introduction -- II. Garbini's Dismissal of the United Monarchy -- III. Other Minimalist / Revisionist Approaches -- IV. Is There Any Foundation for the Minimalist / Revisionist Approaches? -- V. Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Solomon's Kingdom: Historical Evaluation and Case Studies -- I. Historical Evaluation -- II. Case Studies -- 1. The Historicity of Solomon's Temple -- 2. Jerusalem under David and Solomon -- 3. The Size of David's and Solomon's Kingdom -- 4. King Solomon's Harem -- III. Conclusion -- Part II Solomon's Birth, Rise, and Temple Building: Literary and Historiographical Observations -- Chapter 5 Solomon's Birth Story and Its Setting in 2 Samuel 10-12: Redaction History versus Compositional Unity -- I. Introduction -- II. The Historical Setting of Solomon's Birth Story -- III. Redaction History versus Compositional Unity -- 1. Redaction History -- 2. The Unity of the Composition and Its Literary and Theological Structures -- A. The Composition -- B. Literary Structures -- (a) From External (Periphery) to Internal (Center) -- (b) Concentric Circled Stories -- (c) Inclusio -- (d) Contrasting David's Actions -- C. Further Literary Methods D. Rhetorical Contrast: The Unnamed First Child - The Double-Named Second One -- E. The Theological Structure -- IV. Conclusion -- V. Excursus: Who Gave the Name ''Shlomoh'' to the Second-Born Child? -- Chapter 6 Solomon as the Lord's Beloved King in Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Contexts -- I. Introduction -- II. ''Solomon'' and ''Yedidyah'': The Biblical Text and Scholarship -- III. Towards an Understanding of ''Solomon'' and ''Yedidyah'' - The Beloved of the Lord -- IV. New Names, God's Love, and Royal Apologia: The Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Sources -- 1. Biblical Sources -- 2. Ancient near Eastern Sources -- A. Mesopotamia: Sargon of Akkad and Sargon II of Ashur -- (a) Sargon of Akkad -- (b) Sargon II of Ashur -- B. Anatolia: King .attušili III of .atti Land -- C. Egypt: Queen Hatshepsut and Other Pharaohs -- D. Persia: Xerxes I -- V. The Concept of Divine Love in 2 Samuel 12 and Ancient Near Eastern Literature -- VI. Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Solomon's Birth and Names in Second Temple Period Literature -- I. Introduction -- II. Solomon's Birth and His Place among Bathsheba's Sons in Chronicles -- III. Solomon's Birth in the Wisdom of Solomon -- IV. The Names of Solomon in the Second Temple Period Literature -- 1. The Meanings of ''Shlomoh'' in Chronicles -- 2. The Name ''Yedidyah'' in Psalms and Nehemiah, and its Absence from Other Second Temple Literature -- 3. Ben Sira's Wordplays on the Names ''Shlomoh'' and ''Yedidyah'' -- 4. Was ''Qohelet'' the Third Name of Solomon? -- V. Conclusion: The Ambiguity of Solomon -- Chapter 8 Solomon's Pre-Monarchic Life in Biblical Historiography -- I. Introduction -- II. Solomon: From Birth to Throne Accession -- 1. Was Nathan Solomon's Guardian? -- 2. Solomon's Age and Marital Status at the Time of His Accession -- III. Conclusion Chapter 9 Solomon's Physical Appearance and Leadership in Biblical Historiography -- I. Solomon's Physical Appearance -- II. Is Song of Songs 5:10-16 a Description of Solomon's Physical Appearance? -- III. Conclusion -- Chapter 10 Solomon's Succession to the Throne: History and Contrasting Historiographies -- I. Introduction -- II. Solomon's Succession in History -- 1. The Last Days of King David: Personal and Political Crisis -- 2. Did Adonijah Rebel against His Father David? -- 3. Conspiracy in the Court: Nathan and Bathsheba Facing David -- III. The Legitimacy of Solomon's Succession according to Kings -- 1. The Literary Unity of the Succession Narrative -- 2. Apologetic Features in the Succession Narrative -- IV. The Legitimacy of Solomon's Succession according to Chronicles -- V. Conclusion -- Chapter 11 The Coronation of Solomon: David's Testament and Its Implementation -- I. The Coronation Ceremony: Kings versus Chronicles -- II. Were There Two Coronations? -- III. Sitting on ''the Throne of the Lord'' -- IV. Solomon's Establishment: The Concluding Words -- V. ''David's Testament'' -- 1. 1 Kings 2:1-9 -- 2. The Chronistic History -- VI. The Fulfillment of David's Testament: The First Actions of King Solomon -- VII. Conclusion -- Chapter 12 ''Why Is the City in an Uproar?'': Solomon's Coronation Story in Its Biblical Context -- I. Introduction -- II. Loud Noises Heard Far Away at Solomon's Coronation and Elsewhere in Samuel-Kings -- 1. Solomon's Coronation -- 2. Joash's Coronation -- 3. The Ark Narrative -- A. Eben-Haezer Battle -- B. From Shiloh to the House of Eli -- III. Occurrences of the Motif Elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible -- 1. The Late Biblical Historiography: Chronicles and Ezra -- 2. Reflection of the Motif in the Joseph Story -- 3. Counterexample: The Book of Esther -- IV. Between Literary Transition and Type-Scene -- V. Conclusion Chapter 13 Solomon's Temple Building and Its Divine Approval in Biblical Historiographies -- I. Introduction: A Literary Examination -- II. David, Solomon, and the Permission to Build the Temple -- III. The Heavenly-Earthly and Father-Son Collaborations -- IV. The Place of the Temple Building in Solomon's Story -- V. Modification of Solomon's Temple Description according to Moses' Tabernacle and Zerubbabel's Temple -- VI. The Divine Approval of the Temple and Its Unceasing Existence -- 1. The Divine Approval of the Temple -- 2. The Unceasing Existence of the Temple -- VII. Conclusion -- Chapter 14 Writing and Rewriting the Story of Solomon -- I. Summary and Synthesis -- II. The Man and the Myth: Solomon in History and Historiography -- Bibliography -- Authors Index -- Name and Subject Index -- Source Index |
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| ISBN: | 110862281X |