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King Solomon

In Our Time: Religion

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The History of Ancient Israel

philip alexander: The texts were written during probably the babylonian exile, which is from five eight six to five three eight. They're part of what scholars call the deuteronomic deuteronomistic history, deuteronomic history. So they're hugely ideological and very, very difficult to get behind to the real historical solomon. What's your assessment of what was happening in the region during solomon's reign? If you want to understand anything about the history of ancient israel, you've really got to know something of its geography.

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