The Solomonic Districts and the Nimshide Dynasty Administrative System in the Southern Levant

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ID4314432
AutoresYitzhak Lee-Sak (0000-0003-4385-4447, Yonsei University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen14
Número5
Páginas598
Fecha de publicación2023-05-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaReligions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
EditorialMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel14050598
OpenAlexW4368405048
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas67

Scholars once eagerly claimed that 1 Kgs 4:7-19 contains historical information and represents a reliable source of information on David and Solomon's administrative system. However, with the idea of a great United Monarchy becoming controversial since the 1990s, some pivotal studies have proposed new dates for this list's composition, ranging from the 10th, mid-ninth, early eighth, and mid-seventh centuries BCE to even the post-exilic period. This article begins with the premise that 1 Kgs 4:7-19 represents the political reality of a specific time period, which could leave traceable factual evidence. Synthesizing topographical-textual, archaeological, and historical observations of 1 Kgs 4:7-19 to elucidate its likely historical background results in an inference suggesting early eighth century BCE composition during the reigns of Joash and Jeroboam II

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