Language:
English
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
Biblica
Angaben zur Quelle:
102,1 (2021) 30-44
Keywords:
Solomon,
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Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Judgment Biblical teaching
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Riddles in the Bible
Abstract:
In the biblical story of Solomon’s Judgment (1 Kgs 3,16-28), after the question of how the king can determine which woman is the true mother, a further question arises: Which woman turned out to be the true mother — the plaintiff or the defendant? This study attempts to do four things: first, confirm that the latter question is a deliberate feature of the story and is thus a meta-riddle that illustrates the biblical authors’ highly sophisticated management of ambiguity; second, present the interpretation history pertaining to this riddle; third, solve the riddle; and fourth, show the effect of textual criticism on it.
DOI:
10.2143/BIB.102.1.3289352
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