Solomonisthefigureheadwhoholdsthefamilyof’wisdom’textstogether.Inthisstudy,KatharineDellarguesthatacoreofProverbsandEcclesiastesformstheinnersanctumofthe’Solomonicwisdomcorpus’,withtheSongofSongsasacloserelative,butJobatoneremove.Proverbs,Ecclesiastes,andtheSongcontainattributionstoSolomonanddemonstratekey’wisdom’connections.Solomonisalsoportrayedasanidealizedcharacterinthenarrativesabouthimin2Sam.24-1Kings11.Heistheembodimentofwisdom,thuslinkingboththenarrativeportrayalandcanonicalmemoryofhissignificance.HisconnectionswithEgyptandShebashedlightonhowSolomongainedhisreputationforwisdom,asdotherolesinhiscourtforscribes,sages,andseers.Formativewisdomthemes,notablythatofGodascreator,characterizethebookofProverbsandalsoinfluencedcertain’wisdompsalms’andtheprophetsIsaiahandJeremiah,textswhichsharelinkstowisdomideasandcontexts.Fortheseprophetscriticismof’thewise’isakeyconcern.DellintroducesanintertextualmethodtoopenupfreshpossibilitiesofrangingtogetherdifferenttextsalongsidetheSolomoniccorpus,withouttheconstraintsofprobingliteraryorhistoricallinkages:RuthisconsideredwithProverbs,Genesis1-11withEcclesiastesandthewiderthemeofgardensandwaterintheHebrewBiblewiththeSongofSongs.WhileSolomonprobablyhadverylittletodowithsuchreaderlytext-play,Dell’sargumentinTheSolomonicCorpusof’Wisdom’andItsInfluenceisthatheisthelynch-pinthatholds’wisdom’initscoretextsandwiderfamilytogether.
GENESIS1 INFLUENCE SAGES PLAY DELL
