The building of the first temple : a study in redactional, text-critical and historical perspective / Peter Dubovsk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dubovský, Peter, author.

Series:

Forschungen zum Alten Testament ; 103.

Forschungen zum Alten Testament, 0940-4155 ; 103

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Kings--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem).

Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem)--In the Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1. Aufl.

Place of Publication:

Tubingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Was kann man über 1. Könige 6–8 sagen, die den Bau des Tempels in seiner vollen Pracht Salomo zuschreiben? Peter Dubovský nähert sich diesen Texten von einem diachronen Blickwinkel an, indem er Belege aus dem Alten Orient untersucht, die zeigen, dass die Tempel oft verändert wurden.

Contents:

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

Houses, chambers, and gardens3.5.3.4 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 temple3.7.2 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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

3-16-153838-2