Religious Syncretism in Israel and Judah II
PART II The Reign of Solomon To Read Part I: Introduction, click here. The Davidic monarchy did not centralize the worship of Yahweh in Jerusalem but it promoted the worship of Yahweh as the God of...
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To Read Part I: Introduction, click here. To Read Part II: The Reign of Solomon, click here. PART III The Reforms of Jeroboam Solomon’s religious and economic policies generated much unrest in Israel...
View ArticleA Case for Domestics Abuse: Another Perspective
The May issue of the SBL Forum published an article by Robin Gallaher Branch, “A Case for Domestic Abuse in 1 Kings 14? A Look at the Marriage of Jeroboam I.” In her article, Branch argues “that the...
View ArticleThe Lost Tribes of Israel: A World History
The Oxford University Press blog is announcing the publication of the book The Ten Lost Tribes: A World History by Zvi Ben-Dor Benite. The author is an Associate Professor in the Department of History...
View ArticleWhose Cloak Did Ahijah Tear?
The prophet Ahijah, a man from Shiloh, played an important role in the history of Israel. He appears only twice in the Old Testament and both times he speaks to Jeroboam, once to announce that he would...
View ArticleA Mother’s Agony: The Story of Jeroboam’s Wife
Image: Jeroboam’s Wife Visits the Prophet Ahijah Painter: Frans van Mieris (1635-1681) On this Mother’s Day I want to tell a sad story. It is the story of a mother’s love for a sick son and the...
View ArticleAhijah and Jeroboam
The prophet Ahijah, a man from Shiloh, played an important role in the history of Israel. He appears only twice in the Old Testament and both times he speaks to Jeroboam, once to announce that he would...
View ArticleSolomon, King of Israel
The popular view of Solomon is that he was one of the wisest men that ever lived. The Bible says that “people came from all the nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon” (1 Kings 4:34). Solomon was known...
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