Solomon : Israel's ironic icon of human achievement / Walter Brueggemann.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Studies on personalities of the Old TestamentPublication details: Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina, c2005.Description: xiii, 301 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1570035784 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781570035784 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS 580 .S6 B78 2005
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Contents:
Beginning points : history and canonicity -- The larger narrative in which "Solomon" is embedded -- The beloved son amid rough-and-tumble power -- How a modest Solomon became a large narrative Solomon : 1 Kings 3-11 -- "Solomon" as temple builder -- "Solomon" as wise king -- "Solomon" as economic genius -- The Deuteronomic proviso : the voice of ironic criticism -- Chronicles : Solomon glorious, one-dimensional, minus irony -- Solomon as durable teacher : Proverbs -- Solomon in canonical extrapolation : Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs -- Solomon among "the praises of Israel" -- Solomon in four belated refractions -- Postscript : Solomon in New Testament perspective.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection BS580 .S6 B78 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98631711

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-280) and indexes.

Beginning points : history and canonicity -- The larger narrative in which "Solomon" is embedded -- The beloved son amid rough-and-tumble power -- How a modest Solomon became a large narrative Solomon : 1 Kings 3-11 -- "Solomon" as temple builder -- "Solomon" as wise king -- "Solomon" as economic genius -- The Deuteronomic proviso : the voice of ironic criticism -- Chronicles : Solomon glorious, one-dimensional, minus irony -- Solomon as durable teacher : Proverbs -- Solomon in canonical extrapolation : Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs -- Solomon among "the praises of Israel" -- Solomon in four belated refractions -- Postscript : Solomon in New Testament perspective.

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