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The Book of Wisdom, or the Wisdom of Solomon, is a book written in Greek and most likely composed in Alexandria, Egypt. It is not part of the Hebrew Bible but is included in the Septuagint . Generally dated to the mid-first century BC , [ 1 ] or to the reign of Caligula (AD 37–41), [ 2 ] the central theme of the work is " wisdom " itself ...
Fresco of the Judgment of Solomon, Frauenberg, Styria Sculpture given either to Pietro Lamberti or to Nanni di Bartolo. It stands at the corner of the Doge's Palace in Venice (Italy), next to Porta della Carta. The Judgement of Solomon is a story from the Hebrew Bible in which Solomon ruled between two women who both claimed to be the mother of ...
In The Ring of Solomon, both King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba are featured prominently. Solomon, King of Urushalim, is a significant character in The Shadow Prince, [128] the first novel of Philip Armstrong's epic historical fantasy, The Chronicles of Tupiluliuma. His Ring is an Atalantaën Relic, by which is he able to command daemons.
"The Odes of Solomon" in Texts and Studies VIII. Charlesworth, James H (1977). The Odes of Solomon. Missoula, Montana: Scholars Press. ISBN 0-89130-202-6. Franzmann, M (1991). The Odes of Solomon: Analysis of the Poetical Structure and Form. Göttingen. Harris, JR and A Mingana (1916, 1920). The Odes and Psalms of Solomon in 2 vols. Manchester.
The Testament of Solomon is a pseudepigraphical composite text ascribed to King Solomon but not regarded as canonical scripture by Jews or Christian groups. It was written in the Greek language, based on precedents dating back to the early 1st millennium AD, but was likely not completed in any meaningful textual sense until sometime in the Middle Ages.
[9]: 63 [21] Solomon's wisdom, however, was yet another of the gifts he received from God, and Muslims maintain that Solomon never forgot his daily prayer, which was more important to him than any of his gifts. Exegetical literature emphasizes the ant's wisdom and explains the meaning behind Solomon's gift to control the wind.
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 Psalms of Solomon is a group of eighteen psalms, religious songs or poems, written in the first or second century BC.They are classed as Biblical apocrypha or as Old Testament pseudepigrapha; they appear in various copies of the Septuagint and the Peshitta, but were not admitted into later scriptural Biblical canons or generally included in printed Bibles after the arrival of the printing ...