Solomon: Links to BAS Articles
From their email of 12/1/2025. BAS Library Special Collection, Solomon’s Splendor.
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From their email of 12/1/2025. BAS Library Special Collection, Solomon’s Splendor.
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT Several critical biblical scholars have made or supported the argument that the author(s) or redactor(s) of Samuel–Kings crafted the David narratives with subversive irony, meaning the stories appear to glorify David on the surface but subtly reveal his moral corruption and political ruthlessness to the perceptive reader. The idea is that the author […]
Continue ReadingAlso see https://theway.davisinterests.com/wp/king-david-the-mafia-don-war-lord/ Below are two ChatGPT summaries of the transcript of Dr. Joel Baden’s Lecture 11. Here’s the chronological outline of King David’s history according to Joel Baden’s lecture “The David Story Compiled,” now including precise chapter and verse citations beside each event. I. David’s Anointing and Saul’s Decline Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:1–23Summary: Baden’s […]
Continue ReadingSee Joel Baden’s Rise and Fall of Biblical Israel, Lesson 5 transcript in Dropbox. Joel points out numerous places where David puts a show (so the writer says) that he is innocent of killing his rivals, and to prove it he kills the killers who had been his accomplices. Ironically, all of Saul’s heirs to […]
Continue ReadingThe transcript of Joel Baden’s Lesson 5, titled “The Historical David,” from his series “The Rise and Fall of Biblical Israel” at BSA, was summarized by ChatGPT, which also prepared a timeline based on the same lesson. Both are below. The transcript is in his DropBox directory, and the audio file is in his LgFile […]
Continue ReadingFrom: Elizabeth Hayes, Christine. Introduction to the Bible (The Open Yale Courses Series) (p. 203). Yale University Press. Kindle Edition. Formatting into a list is by this website’s guy. The books of Samuel deal with the transition from the period of the judges to the period of the monarchy. First Samuel opens with the story […]
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