The Building of the First Temple: A Study in Redactional, Text-Critical and Historical Perspective
Cover -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Previous Studies on the Temple -- 1.2 The Premise of This Study -- 1.3 Precursors of This Project -- 1.4 The Design of This Project -- Chapter 2: Restoration of Temples in the Ancient Near East -- 2.1 Inscriptio...
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Tübingen
Mohr Siebeck
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Dubovský, Peter, 1965-, The building of the First Temple] (2017) (Popko, Łukasz)
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| Series/Journal: | Forschungen zum Alten Testament
v.103 |
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: Dubovsky, Peter: The Building of the First Temple : A Study in Redactional, Text-Critical and Historical Perspective. - Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck,c2015 |
| Summary: | Cover -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Previous Studies on the Temple -- 1.2 The Premise of This Study -- 1.3 Precursors of This Project -- 1.4 The Design of This Project -- Chapter 2: Restoration of Temples in the Ancient Near East -- 2.1 Inscriptions from the West -- 2.2 Mesopotamian Inscriptions -- 2.2.1 The Emashmash Temple in Nineveh -- 2.2.2 Esarhaddon's Reconstruction of Cult Places -- The reconstruction of Esharra in Assur -- The reconstruction of Esagil in Babylon -- Other temples -- Theological justification -- 2.2.3 Neo-Assyrian Letters -- 2.3 Conclusions -- Chapter 3: Did the Preexilic Temple Change? -- 3.1 Methodological Premises -- 3.2 Temple Repairs -- Literary analysis of two narratives -- The extent of the repairs -- Conclusion -- 3.3 Natural Disasters -- Conclusion -- 3.4 Despoliation of the Temple -- Storehouse or storeroom? -- Was the treasury altered? -- Conclusion -- 3.5 Religious Reforms in Judah and the First Temple -- 3.5.1 Jehoiada and Joash -- The temple stratum of 2 Kgs 11 -- Conclusion -- 3.5.2 Ahaz's Reform -- 3.5.2.1 Ahaz's New Altar -- Was the new altar condemned or approved? -- What kind of altar did Ahaz commission? -- Why was this altar important? -- Conclusion -- 3.5.2.2 Other Changes in the Temple -- Removal of Bronze Objects -- Installation of a pavement -- 3.5.2.3 Crux Interpretum -- Scribal error or abbreviation? -- Removed, surrounded, reoriented, or transferred? -- The meaning of השׁבת מיסך -- The royal entrance -- Possible interpretations of 2 Kgs 16:18 -- 3.5.2.4 Synthesis: Ahaz and the Architecture of the Temple -- 3.5.3 Hezekiah - Manasseh, Amon - Josiah -- 3.5.3.1 Hezekiah's Reform -- 3.5.3.2 The Reforms of Manasseh and Amon -- Changes in the temple furniture -- Two courts -- Conclusion -- 3.5.3.3 Josiah's Reform -- Literary style of the account Houses, chambers, and gardens -- 3.5.3.4 Conclusion -- 3.6 Specific Architectural Changes -- 3.6.1 Temple and Palace Gates in the Book of Kings -- Temple and palace gates in the time of Jehoiada and Joash -- Jotham's gate -- 3.6.2 The Temple Complex in Jeremiah -- Gates -- Chambers -- Courts -- Conclusion -- 3.6.3 The Temple Complex in Ezekiel -- Gates -- Courts -- Rooms -- Conclusion -- 3.7 Synthesis -- Motives for the changes -- Who was credited with alterations to the temple? -- What changes were made? -- Was the temple itself rebuilt? -- 3.7.1 Four Periods in the Architectural Evolution of the Temple -- Archaeological evidence and the history of the temple -- 3.7.2 Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Stratigraphy of the Text (1 Kgs 6-8) and Stratigraphy of the Temple -- 4.1 Methodological Notes -- 4.2 Architectural Terminology -- 4.2.1 Old and New Names for the Innermost Part of the Temple -- The inner house -- The Holy of Holies -- 4.2.2 Architectural and Theological Dimensions of hekal -- Nave or temple: Architectural note or theological statement? -- Why was the house identified with the hekal? -- Cultic meaning -- Theological meaning -- The hekal as the main hall of the temple -- 4.2.3 Conclusion -- 4.3 The yaṣiaʿ or Surrounding Structure -- 4.3.1 Unresolved Questions -- 4.3.2 Variants and Versions -- 4.3.3 Textual Strata -- Glosses in 1 Kgs 6:5 -- 1 Kgs 6:7, 9 -- The oldest strata in 1 Kgs 6:5-10 -- 1 Kgs 6:5b-6 and 8 -- 4.3.4 Synthesis -- 4.4 The ulam -- 4.4.1 The ulam and the Temple in Ezekiel -- The ulam as a hall of the temple gates -- The ulam as a vestibule of the temple building -- 4.4.2 The ulam and the Temple in Chronicles -- 4.4.3 The ulam and the Palace in Kings -- 4.4.4 The ulam and the Temple in 1 Kgs 7 -- The ulam and the bronze columns -- 4.4.5 The ulam in 3 Kgdms 6:36 -- 4.4.6 The ulam in 1 Kgs 6:3 -- The versions The compound preposition עַל־ פְּנֵי -- Redactional layers -- 4.4.7 Conclusion -- 4.5 Dimensions of the Temple -- 4.5.1 Height of the Temple -- 4.5.2 Layout of the Temple -- "Twenty cubits at the rear of the temple" (1 Kgs 6:16a) -- The transformation of the debir into the Holy of Holies (1 Kgs 6:16b) -- Where was the debir? -- 4.6 Cedar Temple or Stone Temple? -- A temple of undressed stone -- A temple paneled with cedar wood -- A temple of cedar wood -- Dressed stone -- Conclusion -- 4.7 Decoration of the Temple -- Engraved decorations -- Overlaying with gold -- Phases of the temple decoration -- 4.8 The Cherubs -- 4.8.1 Textual Witnesses -- 4.8.2 The Cherubs according to the Masoretic Text -- Ruptures in MT and textual strata -- Stratum A (1 Kgs 6:23-24) -- Stratum B (1 Kgs 6:25-27) -- Stratum C (1 Kgs 6:28) -- 4.8.3 The Cherubs according to Codex Vaticanus (B) -- 4.8.4 Location of the Cherubs -- 4.8.5 How Many Types of Cherubs? -- 4.9 Synthesis -- 4.9.1 Minimalist Proposal -- 4.9.2 Phases of the Temple: A Plausible Hypothesis -- Phase I: Cedar temple (corresponding to Period I) -- Phase II: Tripartite temple with side-rooms (corresponding to Periods II and III) -- Phase III: Urban temple (corresponding to Periods III and IV) -- Chapter 5: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of References -- Old Testament -- Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Subjects |
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| ISBN: | 3161538374 |