Language:
English
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
Palestine Exploration Quarterly
Angaben zur Quelle:
152,3 (2020) 186-206
Keywords:
Solomon,
;
Hiram,
;
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Bible. Geography
;
Geopolitics History
;
Galilee (Israel) Geography
;
Eretz Israel In the Bible
Abstract:
1 Kings 9:11–14 relates Solomon’s sale of the land of Cabul to Hiram, king of Tyre. Commentaries and studies on this pericope have dealt with its linguistic and historical aspects without reaching consensus on where this land was, what the term ‘Cabul’ actually means, or even whether these verses preserve an actual historic event from the 10th century BCE. This article addresses these issues through a more systematic presentation of the archaeological remains and geographic realities in the Galilee, and in so doing, offers a more contextually derived understanding of the events recorded in 1 Kgs 9:11–14 than has heretofore been offered.
DOI:
10.1080/00310328.2020.1721188
URL:
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