The origins of the Israelite monarchy: Saul, David and Solomon

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The origins of the Israelite monarchy: Saul, David and Solomon

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Saul, David, Solomon: mythical or historical figures? Writing the books of Samuel and Kings

Legitimations and contestations of political power in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East (1)

Saul and the origin of monarchy

The use of dynastic seals in the northern Levant

Saul, a cursed king ? David's arrival at Saul's court

Contestations of political power in Mesopotamia in the light of the ominal series

Saul, a cursed king? David's arrival at Saul's court (continued)

Can power in Assyria be illegitimate ?

Saul, a cursed king ? David's arrival at Saul's court (continued)

Politics and statistics : when scribes invented numbers

Saul at the necromancer's in En-Dor

The Davidic dynasty and the temple

David's kingship and the transfer of the Ark to Jerusalem

King Solomon : a review of the texts and their history

The ambiguous kingship of David : from the promise of an eternal dynasty to adultery and revolt

Royal utopias in the Twelve Prophets and the challenge to Hellenistic power

Solomon's rise to power and construction of the temple

David in the book of Chronicles

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