Solomon's Judgment: The Meta-Riddle
In the biblical story of Solomon’s Judgment (1 Kgs 3,16-28), after the question of how the king can determine which woman is the true mother, a further question arises: Which woman turned out to be the true mother — the plaintiff or the defendant? This study attempts to do four things: first, confir...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2021
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Biblica
Año: 2021, Volumen: 102, Número: 1, Páginas: 30-44 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Salomo, Israel, König
/ Enigma
/ Crítica textual
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | HB Antiguo Testamento |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Bibel. Könige, 1., 3,16-28
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| Sumario: | In the biblical story of Solomon’s Judgment (1 Kgs 3,16-28), after the question of how the king can determine which woman is the true mother, a further question arises: Which woman turned out to be the true mother — the plaintiff or the defendant? This study attempts to do four things: first, confirm that the latter question is a deliberate feature of the story and is thus a meta-riddle that illustrates the biblical authors’ highly sophisticated management of ambiguity; second, present the interpretation history pertaining to this riddle; third, solve the riddle; and fourth, show the effect of textual criticism on it. |
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| ISSN: | 2385-2062 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Biblica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/BIB.102.1.3289352 |