Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Raymond de Hoop <rdehoop AT keyaccess.nl>]

Below the answer Thomas wrote, but erroneously sent only yto my address:

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Van: "Thomas L. Thompson" <tlt AT teol.ku.dk>
Datum: Tue, 22 May 2001 14:22:24 +0200
Aan: 'Raymond de Hoop' <rdehoop AT keyaccess.nl>
Onderwerp: SV: QohSV: Qoheleth

Dear Raymond de Hoop,
My point is not to erase Solomon from history, but to ask after historical
warrants to write him into history. My point was also the very limited one
that your argument for the Somon in history is essentially the same as the
argument that Solomon wrote Qoheleth. Neither of you have a Solomon in
history to hang your thesis on. Gaps exist between two separate things. In
this case, however, only the literary Solomon is known to exist. The issue
is methodological and not one of belief or prejudice, and certainly not of
efforts to erase what is not yet there.
Thomas

 Raymond de Hoop wrote:
> There are also other scholars (who have proved to
> be able to read critically), who assume some historical kernel in the
> traditions concerning Solomon. That may imply that there is a big gap
> between the Solomon as presented in 1 Kings 1-11 and the Solomon in
> history;
> but that does not necessarily results in an erasing him from history.
> 
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