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  King Solomon

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Historical Analysis
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Modern Modes

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Historical Analysis
 
Authors
according to the Documentary Hypothesis; click on links for information
 
 
 
Commentaries
 
Cogan, Mordechai.  I Kings: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary, Anchor Bible 10.  Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 2001.
 
Leuchter, Mark.  Historical Writings: Introducing Israel's Historical Literature.  Minneapolis: Fortress, 2016.
 
Seow, Choon-Leong.  "The First and Second Books of Kings."  In The New Interpreter's Bible, vol. 3, Kings to Judith (Nashville: Abingdon, 1999) x.
 
Yee, Gale A.  "1, 2 Kings."  In Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Testament and Apocrypha (ed. Gale A. Yee, Hugh R. Page, Jr. and Matthew J. M. Coomber; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2014) 401-437.
[Link above is to the print copy; here is a link to an electronic copy]
 
 
Secondary Literature
 
General Traditions (1 Kings 1–11)
Ash, Paul S.  "Jeroboam I and the Deuteronomistic Historian's Ideology of the Founder."  Catholic Biblical Quarterly 60:1 (1998) 16-24.
 
Gottwald, Norman.  "Themes and Perspectives in the Historical Writings."  In Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Testament and Apocrypha (ed. Gale A. Yee, Hugh R. Page, Jr. and Matthew J. M. Coomber; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2014) x.
[Link above is to the print copy; here is a link to an electronic copy]
 
Knoppers, Gary N.  "The Deuteronomist and the Deuteronomic Law of the King: A Reexamination of a Relationship."  Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 108:3 (1996) 329-46.
 
--------.  "Prayer and Propaganda: Solomon's Dedication of the Temple and the Deuteronomist's Program."  Catholic Biblical Quarterly 57:2 (1995) 229-54.
 
Sweeney, Marvin A.  "The Critique of Solomon in the Josianic Edition of the Deuteronomistic History."  Journal of Biblical Literature 114:4 (1995) 607-622.
 
Judgment/Wisdom of Solomon (1 Kgs 3:16-28)
Angel, Hayyim.  "Cut the Baby in Half: Understanding Soloomon's Divinely-inspired Wisdom."  Jewish Bible Quarterly 39:3 (2011) 189-94.
 
Garsiel, Moshe.  "Revealing and Concealing as a Narrative Strategy in Solomon's Judgment (1 Kings 3:16-28)."  Catholic Biblical Quarterly 64:2 (2002) 229-47.
 
Ipsen, Avaren.  "Solomon and hte Two Prostitutes."  The Bible and Critical Theory 3:1 (2007).
 
Lasine, Stuart.  "The Riddle of Solomon's Judgment and the Riddle of Human Nature in the Hebrew Bible."  Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 45 (1989) 61-86.
 
Rendsburg, Gary A.  "The Guilty Party in 1 Kings iii 16-28."  Vetus testamentum 48:4 (1998) 534-41.
 
Queen of Sheba (1 Kings 10)
Ash, Paul S.  "Jeroboam I and the Deuteronomistic Historian's Ideology of the Founder."  Catholic Biblical Quarterly 60:1 (1998) 16-24.
 
Bellis, Alice Ogden.  "The Queen of Sheba: A Gender-Sensitive Reading."  The Journal of Religious Thought 51:2 (1994–1995) 17-28.
 
Freund, Yossef.  "Characteristics of Biblical Historiography."  Jewish Bible Quarterly 26:3 (1998) 177-83.
 
Gillmayr-Bucher, Susanne.  "'She Came to Test Him with Hard Questions': Foreign Women and Their View o Israel."  Biblical Interpretation 15:2 (2007) 135-50.
 
Green, Yosef.  "The Reign of King Solomon: Diplomatic and Economic Perspectives."  Jewish Bible Quarterly 42:3 (2014) 151-8.
 
Previn, Dory.  "Sheba and Solomon."  Union Seminary Quarterly Review 43:1-4 (1989) 59-66.
 
Bar Rose
 
Modern Modes
Religious   Secular
Bar Rose
 
Solomon's Wisdom, Hazel Dolby (2010)
 
Primary Text Citation
 
 
 
Mode
 
 
 
Secondary Literature
 
Relevant Databases for Secondary Sources
  • ATLA Religion Database
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Bar Rose
 
Title
 
Primary Text Citation
 
 
 
Mode
 
 
 
Secondary Literature
 
Relevant Databases for Secondary Sources
  • ATLA Religion Database
  • x
  • x
 
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Bar Rose
 
The Queen of Sheba, dir. J. Gordon Edwards (1922)
 
Primary Text Citation
 
The Queen of Sheba.  Prod. x; dir. J. Gordon Edwards.  x min.  Studio, 1922.  [Format you watched it in].

x
 
Mode
 
Bach, Alice.  "'Throw Them to the Lions, Sire': Transforming Biblical Narratives into Hollywood Spectaculars."  Semeia 74 (1996) 1-13.
 
 
Secondary Literature
 
Relevant Databases for Secondary Sources
  • ATLA Religion Database
  • ComAbstracts
  • Communication Source
  • Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
  • Film Literature Index
 
x
 
 
Film Reviews
Because these are short and popular, you can read them, but they don't replace the need for at least two professional sources.
 
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Bar Rose
 
Solomon and Sheba, dir. King Vidor (1959)
 
Primary Text Citation
 
Solomon and Sheba.  Prod. x; dir. King Vidor.  x min.  Studio, 1959.  [Format you watched it in].

x
 
Mode
 
Bach, Alice.  "'Throw Them to the Lions, Sire': Transforming Biblical Narratives into Hollywood Spectaculars."  Semeia 74 (1996) 1-13.
 
 
Secondary Literature
 
Relevant Databases for Secondary Sources
  • ATLA Religion Database
  • ComAbstracts
  • Communication Source
  • Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
  • Film Literature Index
 
x
 
 
Film Reviews
Because these are short and popular, you can read them, but they don't replace the need for at least two professional sources.
 
x
 
 
Bar Rose
Title, dir. x (year)
 
Primary Text Citation
 
x
 

x
 
 
Secondary Literature
 
Relevant Databases for Secondary Sources
  • ATLA Religion Database
  • ComAbstracts
  • Communication Source
  • Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
  • Film Literature Index
 
x
 
 
Film Reviews
Because these are short and popular, you can read them, but they don't replace the need for at least two professional sources.
 
x.
 
 
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