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- Title
THE NARRATIVES OF SOLOMON'S REIGN IN THE LIGHT OF THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF OTHER ANCIENT CIVILISATIONS.
- Authors
Gardner, Anne E.
- Abstract
Recently, the thesis has been advanced that much of the narrative of Solomon's reign is fantasy from a later time. The issue of the dating of the earliest historiography in Israel assumes renewed importance as archaeological data, usually assigned to Solomon's reign, has been questioned by some scholars. The nature of historical documents in the wider context of other ancient civilisations, as close to the time of Solomon as possible, is considered. It is posited that the tendencies of the latter can be used as a yardstick for measuring the tendencies of the former and that the specialised nature of the scribal profession and their methods of storing data make for a more credible thesis, that is, that much of the biblical narrative concerning Solomon derives from sources compiled in his own time.
- Subjects
ISRAEL; SOLOMON, King of Israel, ca. 1011 B.C.-931 B.C.; ANCIENT kings &; rulers; NARRATION in the Bible; ANCIENT civilization
- Publication
Australian Biblical Review, 2008, Vol 56, p1
- ISSN
0045-0308
- Publication type
Article