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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Autore principale: O'Kennedy, Daniël Francois 1964- (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Pubblicazione: 1996
In: Old Testament essays
Anno: 1996, Volume: 9, Fascicolo: 2, Pagine: 224-236
Altre parole chiave: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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Riepilogo: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.
ISSN:2312-3621
Comprende:Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
Persistent identifiers:HDL: 10520/AJA10109919_646