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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: 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)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 222/.53092 22
LOC classification:
  • BS580.S6 B78 2005
Online resources:
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.
Item type: Book
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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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