Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

George:

On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 1:18 AM, George Athas 
<George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>wrote:

> Or, it is simply the author taking on the persona of Solomon for rhetorical
> effect.
>
> You have yet to give any evidence for this speculation.


> Who precisely were 'all who were before me in Jerusalem'? David?
>
> Yes his father, for one, but Jerusalem, previously called Salem, was an old
city by the time of Solomon, with many having lived there before. Most
famously Melkyitsedeq in the time of Abraham.

>
>
> Regards,
>
> GEORGE ATHAS
> Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
> www.moore.edu.au


Karl W. Randolph.