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Solomon gained a chance to prepare a meal for the Ammonite king, which the king found so impressive that the previous cook was sacked and Solomon put in his place; the king's daughter, Naamah, subsequently fell in love with Solomon, but the family (thinking Solomon a commoner) disapproved, so the king decided to kill them both by sending them ...
Strasbourg Cathedral Depiction of Solomon's throne (lower half), from a Speculum Humanae Salvationis, around 1360 King Solomon in front of his throne, receiving the Queen of Sheba (painting by Edward Poynter, 1890) The Throne of Solomon is the throne of King Solomon in the Hebrew Bible, and is a motif in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Solomon's shamir, according to Eberhard Werner Happel, 1707 [1] In the Gemara, the shamir (Hebrew: שָׁמִיר šāmīr) is a worm or a substance that had the power to cut through or disintegrate stone, iron and diamond. King Solomon is said to have used it in the building of the first Temple in Jerusalem in place of cutting tools. For ...
King Solomon's Mines is an 1885 popular novel [1] by the English Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir H. Rider Haggard.It tells of an expedition through an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain, searching for the missing brother of one of the party.
The "King David and King Solomon Discovered" exhibit will be on display through mid-January at the Armstrong Auditorium, 14400 S Bryant, Edmond. Hours are: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through ...
Solomon and Marcolf is a medieval narrative describing the adventures and conversations of Solomon and Marcolf, or Marolf. The adventures have some connection with those of Ashmedai , while the conversations consist chiefly of riddles similar to those put to Solomon by the Queen of Sheba .
The Key of Solomon is divided into two books. It describes the necessary drawings to prepare each "experiment" or, in more modern language, magical operations. Unlike later grimoires such as the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (16th century) or the Lemegeton (17th century), the Key of Solomon does not mention the signature of the 72 spirits constrained by King Solomon in a bronze vessel.
The Magical Treatise of Solomon served as a bridge between the magical practices of the late antiquity and Middle Ages and the later European grimoires of the Renaissance, the most widely known being the Key of Solomon. [11] Early copies of the Magical Treatise were appended to or incorporated elements of the Roman-era Testament of Solomon.