Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. SECTION ONE. SOLOMON IN THE BIBLE
6. CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCING SOLOMON IN THE BOOK OF KINGS 19
7. CHAPTER 2. SOLOMON’S PORTRAYAL IN KINGS 39
8. CHAPTER 3. SOLOMON IN THE BOOK OF CHRONICLES 79
9. CHAPTER 4. SOLOMON IN OTHER BIBLICAL SOURCES 99
10. CHAPTER 5. INTRODUCING THE THREE SOLOMONIC WORKS 105
11. CHAPTER 6. THE ROLE OF SOLOMON IN PROVERBS AND ECCLESIASTES 119
12. CHAPTER 7. SOLOMON IN SONG OF SONGS 135
13. CHAPTER 8. THE DEBATE OVER CANONICITY 153
14. CHAPTER 9. RABBINIC DEBATES OVER THE NATURE OF SOLOMONIC WORKS 165
15. SECTION TWO. SOLOMON IN CLASSICAL RABBINIC LITERATURE
16. CHAPTER 1. SOLOMON IN SECOND TEMPLE LITERATURE AND EARLY CHRISTIAN WRITINGS 185
17. CHAPTER 2. INTRODUCTION TO MIDRASHIC SOURCES AND MAJOR MIDRASHIC TRADITIONS 195
18. CHAPTER 3. SOLOMON’S WISDOM 205
19. CHAPTER 4. DEBATES OVER WHETHER SOLOMON SINNED 215
20. CHAPTER 5. SOLOMON’S LEGACY 221
21. CHAPTER 6. LOSS OF THE THRONE AND ASHMEDAI 235
22. CHAPTER 7. THE ROAD TO REDEMPTION 247
23. CHAPTER 8. CRITICISM VERSUS APOLOGETICS 257
24. SECTION THREE. SOLOMON IN THE TARGUMIM
25. CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO TARGUMIM AND TARGUM TO KINGS 269
26. CHAPTER 2. TARGUM QOHELET 277
27. CHAPTER 3. TARGUM SONG OF SONGS 283
28. CHAPTER 4. TARGUM SHENI AND SOLOMON IN ISLAM 295
29. SECTION FOUR. SOLOMON IN THE MIDDLE AGES
30. CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL COMMENTARY 307
31. CHAPTER 2. THE SONG OF SONGS IN THE MIDDLE AGES 317
32. CHAPTER 3. COMMENTARY ON THE SOLOMON NARRATIVE IN KINGS 325
33. CHAPTER 4. SOLOMONIC APOLOGETICS IN THE MIDDLE AGES 335
34. CONCLUSION. THE REHABILITATION OF SOLOMON 343
35. BIBLIOGRAPHY 361
36. INDEX OF PRIMARY SOURCES 381