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

By: Brueggemann, Walter
Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies on personalities of the Old Testament: Publisher: Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: xiii, 301 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1570035784 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Solomon, King of Israel | Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etcDDC classification: 222/.53092 LOC classification: BS580.S6 | B78 2005Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-280) and indexes.
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Faculty Collection 1 East BS580 .S6 B78 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903049209
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Faculty Collection 1 East BS580 .S6 B78 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available 0182903049191
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Faculty Collection Special Collections (by appointment only) BS580 .S6 B78 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 Available 0182903245468

Includes bibliographical references (pages [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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