Interpreting Solomon in colonial and post-colonial Africa

The article analyses two sets of cases of how the Old Testament tradition about King Solomon has been interpreted in Africa. The first set dates back to colonial times and exemplifies how the Solomon tradition was linked to the discovery of Great Zimbabwe, in order to provide a biblical counterpart...

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Main Author: Holter, Knut 1958- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2006
In: Old Testament essays
Year: 2006, Volume: N.S.19, Issue: 3, Pages: 851-862
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Solomon Israel, King / Reception / African Theology
B Old Testament / Reception
IxTheo Classification:FD Contextual theology
HA Bible
HB Old Testament
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
Further subjects:B Historical criticism
B Colonialism
B Africa
B Solomon Israel, King