“Solomon and the Two Prostitutes”
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Claude Mariottini
Emeritus Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
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Those Amazing Women of Ancient Israel
CONTENTS
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1 Those Amazing Women of Ancient Israel
Part 1
Israel’s Social Concern for Women
Chapter 2 Israel’s Concern for Women
Chapter 3 The Status of Women in Israelite Society
Chapter 4 The Deuteronomic Concern for Women
Chapter 5 The Tenth Commandment (Deuteronomy 5:21)
Chapter 6 The Law of the Hebrew Slave
Part 2
Women Prophets
Chapter 7 Women Prophets in the Old Testament
Chapter 8 Miriam the Prophetess
Chapter 9 Deborah the Prophetess
Chapter 10 Isaiah’s Wife
Chapter 11 Huldah, A Prophet in Israel
Chapter 12 Noadiah the Prophetess
Chapter 13 The Nameless Prophetesses in the Book of Ezekiel
Chapter 14 The Seven Prophetesses of the Old Testament
Chapter 15 Women Who Proclaim the Good News
Chapter 16 The Daughters of Heman
Chapter 17 “Your Daughters Shall Prophesy”
Part 3
The Mothers of Israel
Chapter 18 Sarah: A Mother in Her Old Age
Chapter 19 Hagar: The Surrogate Mother
Chapter 20 Rachel: The Struggles of a Barren Woman
Chapter 21 Moses’s Two Mothers
Chapter 22 Sisera’s Mother: The Humanization of the Enemy
Chapter 23 Samson’s Mother: A Mother’s Disappointment
Chapter 24 Hannah: “The Barren Has Borne Seven”
Chapter 25 Rizpah: Reflections on a Mother’s Love
Chapter 26 Bathsheba: A Mother with Determination
Chapter 27 Solomon and the Two Mothers
Chapter 28 Jeroboam’s Wife: A Mother’s Agony
Chapter 29 Jesus’s Great-Grandmothers
Chapter 30 The Other Great-Grandmothers of Jesus
Chapter 31 Jezebel: A Great-Grandmother of Jesus
Chapter 32 The Genealogy of Jesus According to His Great-Grandmothers
Part 4
Abused Women
Chapter 33 Dinah, the Daughter of Jacob
Chapter 34 Tamar, the Wife of Er
Chapter 35 The Levite’s Concubine
Chapter 36 Bathsheba, the Wife of Uriah
Chapter 37 Tamar, the Daughter of David
Part 5
Women of Distinction
Chapter 38 Rahab: A Prostitute or an Innkeeper?
Chapter 39 Deborah, A Judge in Israel
Chapter 40 Jael: A Heroine in Israel
Chapter 41 Ruth, the Moabite
Chapter 42 Ahinoam, the Mother of Amnon
Chapter 43 Abishag, the Shunammite
Chapter 44 The Greatness That Was Jezebel
Chapter 45 Esther, the Queen of Persia
Bibliography
Index of Scriptures
Index of Authors
Index of Subjects
Index of Hebrew Words
I hope you will enjoy reading the book and develop a new appreciation for these amazing women of Ancient Israel.
Claude Mariottini
Emeritus Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
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FOOTNOTE:
[1] Marvin Sweeney, I & II Kings, Old Testament Library (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2007), 82.
Claude Mariottini
Emeritus Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament 
The analysis is understandable. However,I expected to see your inferences of the story in the present church circumstances
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Udoh,
Thank you for your suggestion. I made a note to myself and in the near future I will add an update to the post and will include an application of the text for today’s church.
Claude Mariottini
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I was curious to know if there were any deeper meanings to the story. why did God choose to reveal the proof of His gift to Solomon using this story and event. 2 prostitutes, third day, a baby, one dead and one alive, a sword and a King. The story doesn’t have to have a deeper meaning but I wondered if it did. your thoughts
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John,
I believe that the story serves to demonstrate that the wisdom Solomon had was a gift from God. I do not believe that the story has any deeper meaning than the one showing Solomon’s wisdom.
Claude Mariottini
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I do not understand the inane questions and suggestion that have been asked or submitted. The word Solomon and subsequent adjective “solomononic”, is often mention during legal debates as being compassionate and just.
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John,
Here is what the Wikipedia has to say about your comment: “Solomonic means pertaining to Solomon. It is used specifically to refer to: Judgment of Solomon (“Solomonic wisdom”).”
Claude Mariottini
Emeritus Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
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Did you know that when you use the word “solomonic” as an adjective, most dictionaries and erudite people they say the word does not exist!
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John,
Thank you for your comment. Old Testament scholars use the word “solomonic” to refer to things about Solomon. This is what the Wikipedia says about “solomonic”:
Solomonic means pertaining to Solomon. It is used specifically to refer to
Judgment of Solomon (“Solomonic wisdom”)
Solomonic column in architecture
Solomonic dynasty in Ethiopian history
Claude Mariottini
Emeritus Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
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Thank you for your writing, there is a small mistake, you wrote “The story of the two prostitutes is found in 2 Kings 3:16-28:” but the text is actually1 Kings 3:16-28.
Thanks
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Manoj,
Thank you for your keen observation. The citation was wrong. I have made the correction.
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Claude Mariottini
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