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  • From: Raymond de Hoop <rdehoop AT keyaccess.nl>
  • To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Qoheleth
  • Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 16:21:11 +0200


At 22-05-2001 15:43 Dave Washburn <dwashbur AT nyx.net> wrote:

> Solomon is said to have
> been a master of proverbs as well as politics, so the picture we
> have of him is at least as philosophical as it is concerned with
> politics.

Dave, that is the picture the Hebrew Bible wants us to have from him. That
is not necessarily the same as the historical picture. Try e.g. to compare
the Jerusalem from the biblical picture (in DtrH) with the archaeological
picture.

Regards
Raymond





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