The Solomon Narrative

Solomon’s reign survives in more than one version. Twelve studies follow the narrative of 1 Kings 1-11 from its tenth-century BCE horizons through its Greek, Latin, and Syriac transmission to its retellings in Chronicles and Josephus.

This volume brings together contributions from the fields of history, literary history, textual history, and reception history, each of which sheds light on the Solomon narrative from its own perspective. The studies focus on political, economic, and cultural conditions as well as on the international relations both of the tenth century BCE and of the periods in which the Solomon narrative took shape. Particular emphasis falls on the textual history of the narrative in 1 Kings 1-11 in Greek, Latin, and Syriac. Furthermore, the contributions trace the reception of Solomon in Chronicles and in the works of Josephus.

Sarah Malena: An International Israel in the Early Iron Age? Intercultural Contacts in the Eastern Mediterranean at the Time of Solomon - Ido Koch: Egypt in the Stories of Solomon - Ernst Axel Knauf: The "Annals of Solomon" - Peter Dubovský: The Ceremony of Solomon's and Joash's Enthronement - Gina Hens-Piazza: Solomon in All His Glory and All His Essential Workers - Jonathan Miles Robker: "Solomon Did What Was Evil in the Sight of Yhwh": Deuteronomistic Attitudes to Solomon and His Reign - Guy Darshan: The Miscellanies in 3 Kingdoms 2: Language, Meaning, and Textual History - Martijn Beukenhorst: The Textual Origins of Pharaoh's Daughter - Pablo A. Torijano: The Formation and Transmission of 1 Kgs 11:1-10: Towards a Preliminary Edition of the LXX Text - Timo Tekoniemi: First Kings 1-11 in the Old Latin Witnesses - Frank Ueberschaer: Characteristics of the Peshitta of the Solomon Narrative (1 Kings 1-11): Solomon in the Peshitta - Louis C. Jonker: Sitting on Yahweh's Throne: Solomon as Model King in Chronicles - Michael Avioz: "He Surpassed All Who Reigned as Kings": Josephus's Solomon

• Edited by Jonathan M. Robker
• Edited by Frank Ueberschaer