Konig Salomo
Mensch und Mythos: Geschichtsschreibung in der Hebraischen Bibel im Wandel
by Isaac Kalimi
English Summary: The concept of Solomon as the wise king and founder of the temple in Jerusalem is part of the permanent inventory of Jewish, Christian and Islamic literature. But despite him having a glorious reputation, portraits of Solomon in the Old Testament tell contrasting stories. In “Man and Myth” Isaac Kalimi explores differing representations of Solomon, which are the result of diverging historical contexts, theological and didactic concepts, stylistic and literary techniques, and compositional methods. The unique nature of each of these representations is pointed out using precise comparisons of the characteristics of early and late biblical historians. In addition, Kalimi analyses contrasting presentations of Salomon’s character, birth, naming, early life, ascension, as well as the construction of the temple in the Book of Kings and in historical accounts. While early texts stay close to their sources and provide a form of apology for Solomon’s kingdom, including its more questionable aspects, sources in the later texts have been generously changed in order to portray Solomon’s life as the chronicler would have wished it to be. German Description: Die Vorstellung von Salomo als weisem Konig und Begrunder des Jerusalemer Tempels gehort zum festen Inventar der judischen, christlichen und islamischen Literatur. Doch trotz dieser ruhmreichen Reputation unterscheiden sich die Portrats, die im Alten Testament von ihm gezeichnet werden, ganz essentiell. Isaac Kalimi untersucht in “Mensch und Mythos” die Unterschiede in den Darstellungen Salomos, die auf divergierende historische Kontexte, theologische und didaktische Konzepte, stilistische und literarische Techniken und kompositorische Methoden zuruckzufuhren sind. Die Einzigartigkeit einer jeden Darstellung wird mithilfe genauer Vergleiche der Merkmale bei den fruhen und bei den spaten biblischen Historikern herausgestellt. Zudem wird die unterschiedliche Gestaltung von Salomos Charakter, Geburt, Namensgebung, fruhem Leben, Aufstieg und Tempelbau im Konigsbuch und in der Chronik analysiert: Wahrend die fruhen Texte nah an ihren Quellen bleiben und eine Art Apologie fur Salomos Konigtum einschliesslich seiner fragwurdigeren Aspekte vorlegen, werden die Quellen in den spateren Texten grosszugig verandert, um Salomos Leben so darzustellen, wie es der Chronist gern gesehen hatte.
- By (author) Isaac Kalimi
Similar Books
Apocrypha, Magic, Liturgy
The Multiple Identities of Coptic Prayers in Late Antique and Early Islamic Egypt
Athanasius of Alexandria, Epistula ad episcopos Aegypti et Libyae
Old Slavonic Version and English Translation
Volume 261
Boğazköy Tablets in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations (Bo 9032–Bo 9097)
Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesinde Bulunan Boğazköy Tabletleri (Bo 9032–Bo 9097)
Volume 4
Connecting the Dots: Counting, Writing, and the Beginnings of Civilization
The Secret Lives of Clay Tokens: A Memoir
Contesting Labeled Identities
The Sociology of Gentilics in Biblical and Northwest Semitic Literature
Curating the Prehistoric Past
Studies on West Asian Archaeology and Beyond in Honour of Yoshihiro Nishiaki
Cyril of Alexandria’s Christological Exegesis
Explorations of Partitive Exegesis in the Dialogues on the Trinity
Volume 70
Epiphanies of the Divine in the Septuagint and the New Testament
Fifth International Symposium of the Corpus Judaeo-Hellenisticum Novi Testamenti (CJHNT), 14-17 May 2015, Nottingham
Exploring Gender Dynamics across the Ancient Near East
Collected Essays of Gender and Methodology in the Ancient Near East (GeMANE) 4 and 5
Volume 7
Extracanonical Traditions and the Holy Land
Texts, Rituals, and Material Culture in Late Antique Palestine
From Joseph to Jesus
The Joseph Narrative as a Compositional Template from Old Greek Esther to the Gospel of Luke
Volume 125
Ḫattušaš utnē išḫameški
Hittite and Other Ancient Near Eastern Studies Presented to Piotr Taracha on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday
