Solomon's prayer (l Ki 8:22-53) from a historical geographical perspective
Historical geographical information can help the theologian to understand Solomon's prayer (1 Ki 8:22-53), especially verses 35-40. The crises in the worshipper's everyday life led to the composition of this prayer: A lack of rain, famine, crop diseases and locusts. If one does not underst...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1996
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Old Testament essays
Année: 1996, Volume: 9, Numéro: 2, Pages: 224-236 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Conceptions of God
B Supplication for rain B Famine B Holy Land B Persian Period B Climatological causes B Solomon's prayer B 1 Kings 8 B Crisis-prayer-forgiveness B Historical geographical perspective B Iron Age II B Dating of prayer |
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| Résumé: | Historical geographical information can help the theologian to understand Solomon's prayer (1 Ki 8:22-53), especially verses 35-40. The crises in the worshipper's everyday life led to the composition of this prayer: A lack of rain, famine, crop diseases and locusts. If one does not understand the historical geographical background, one will also not understand why the worshipper is praying to Yahweh for help and forgiveness. |
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| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/AJA10109919_646 |
