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	Testament of Solomon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Testament of Solomon is extant in unedited Semitic manuscripts (viz.
		The pseudepigraphon recounts how Solomon is able to build the Temple by defeating demons and employing their skills by means of a ring and its seal given to him by the Archangel Michael.
		Solomon's greatness is acknowledged by a visit from the Queen of the South, who is a witch, and by a letter from the king of the Arabs.
	www.earlyjewishwritings.com /testsolomon.html (639 words)

	AllRefer.com - Solomon (Biblical Proper Names, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Solomon's reign was marked by foreign alliances (notably with Egypt and Phoenicia) and the greatest extension of Israel's territory in biblical times.
		The biblical account of Solomon derives from the "Succession Narrative" in Second Samuel and First and Second Kings; Temple archives; and various folk-tales, but what the Bible says about the glory of his reign is impossible to confirm from the archaeological record.
		Proverbs and Ecclesiastes were ascribed to him, as was Wisdom of Solomon, a book of the Old Testament Apocrypha, and the Song of Solomon bears his name.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/Solomon.html (247 words)

	KING SOLOMON : Encyclopedia Entry
		Solomon is said by the Qur'an and the Talmud to have even had power over demons, a claim that passed into mediaeval Christian folklore, leading to grimoires such as the Lesser Key of Solomon.
		Solomon is described as surrounding himself with all the luxuries and the external grandeur of an Eastern monarch, and his government prospered.
		Solomon's apparent initial devotion to Yahweh appearing in for example his dedication prayer (1 Kings 8:14-66) are seen by textual scholars as a product of a much later writer, Solomon being credited with the views only after Jerusalem had actually become the religious centre of the kingdom (rather than, for example, Shiloh, or Bethel).
	bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/King_Solomon (5239 words)

	Feminism and Women's Studies: Testament of Solomon - circa 200 CE
		Testament of Solomon - circa 200 CE The Testament of Solomon is a book which is part of the Pseudepigrapha, a collection of texts written between 200 BCE and 200 CE and spuriously ascribed to various key figures, namely prophets and kings, of the Hebrew Scriptures.
		The Testament of Solomon itself is said to have been written between the first century and the fourth century, but modern scholarship has placed the date at circa 200 (Encyclopaedia Judaica 246 and Brunel 721).
		The second incarnation of Lilith -- "child-destroying" witch -- is vital to a study of the myth of Lilith, for it is this incarnation of her personage that appears in almost all archaeological evidence of her mythical existence.
	feminism.eserver.org /theory/papers/lilith/solomon.html (1254 words)

	Solomon Biography \| eorl_12_package.xml
		Solomon is also credited with the construction of major fortifications at Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer for the consolidation of his realm, and this building activity seems to be confirmed by archaeology.
		Solomon is made an expert in many fields of science as well as in occult and hidden wisdom.
		The Solomonic tradition embraces the whole wisdom tradition, both in its worldly aspect and in its piety, and embodies all the fantasies about the past glory of the united kingdom of Israel and Judah at the height of its power.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/solomon-eorl-12 (1010 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - SOLOMON, TESTAMENT OF: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Testament professes to be Solomon's own account of certain experiences of his during the building of the Temple.
		At the end of the Testament, Solomon's fall into idolatry and his consequent loss of power over the demons are attributed to his infatuation for a Jebusite woman, who acquired power over him by magic.
		The author of the Testament was a Greek-speaking Jewish Christian: the demons, it is said, will rule the world till the Son of God, who is spoken of as born of a virgin, shall be hung on the cross.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=897&letter=S (579 words)

	Old Testament History - Solomon:
		Solomon Receiving the Queen of Sheba by Piero della Francesca (1416?-1492), Church of St Francis, Arezzo.
		Solomon receiving the Gold of Ophir from the servants of Hiram, King of Tyre.
		Solomon conducting the daughter of Pharaoh to the palace.
	www.biblepicturegallery.com /Pictures/Solomon.htm (178 words)

	Testament of Solomon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Solomon's final demon encounter involves sending a servant boy with his ring to take captive a wind demon who is harassing the land of Arabia.
		Despite the positive/neutral presentation she is given in the Bible, the Testament of Solomon presents the Queen of Sheba as a witch, indicating that the author had an awareness of Jewish tradition, which had argued the same.
		Amy Scerba, "The Testament of Solomon – circa 200
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Testament_of_Solomon (878 words)

	Hebrews and Assyrians
		Solomon thought he should live as splendidly as the great king of Assyria, and to create many luxurious palaces for himself he imported the skilled craftsmen that he could not find among his subjects.
		Solomon forced his subjects to work four months of every year on his projects, and, late in his reign, many of his subjects became displeased enough that they rebelled against him, as had the people of Israel against David.
		According to the Old Testament, the prophets Elijah and Elisha were followed a century later by the prophet Amos, a sheep farmer and dresser of figs from the rural village of Tekoa, ten miles south of Jerusalem.
	www.fsmitha.com /h1/ch04b.htm (3497 words)

	Solomon's Temple - King Solomon - Crystalinks
		Solomon's Temple (also known as the First Temple) was, according to the Torah and the Bible, the first Jewish temple in Jerusalem.
		Solomon also constructed great works for the purpose of securing a plentiful supply of water for the city, Millo (Septuagint, Acra) for the defence of the city, and Tadmor in the wilderness as a commercial depot as well as a military outpost.
		Solomon's mastery of demons is a common element in later Jewish and Arab legends, and is often attributed to possession of a magic ring called the "Seal of Solomon".
	www.crystalinks.com /solomonstemple.html (3600 words)

	Great Men of the Old Testament - Solomon
		And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
		Solomon was the example God used to display the blessings and benefits that come to a nation that obeys Him.
		And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
	www.bethelcog.org /MOFSolomon.htm (4402 words)

	Dating the Testament of Solomon
		The Testament of Solomon is a medium-length Greek text which tells the legendary story of King SolomonÕs Ring and explains the power it bestowed on its possessor over the demons which plagued the building of the Temple.
		The Testament of Solomon is thus potentially of immense importance for the study of Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity.
		It includes a number of ÒSolomonicÓ fragments, of which the section designated by McCown as the Testament runs from folio 8r to folio 18r; three other fragments contain material associated with McCownÕs recension C. Recension B is represented by P and Q, 2 manuscripts dating from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
	www.st-andrews.ac.uk /~www_sd/date_tsol.html (6662 words)

	The Testament of Solomon
		Solomon commanded her to spin hemp to construct the ropes used for the Temple.
		And I Solomon took from the mine of that stone 200 shekels for the supports of the table of incense, which was similar in appearance.
		But I Solomon, having heard this, said to the demon: "Is that true that thou speakest?" And he answered: "It is true; O king." And I, on hearing that, bade them remove the demon, and that they should again bring before me the old man with his son.
	www.piney.com /ApocTestSolom.html (11633 words)

	Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . PROFILE . Reverend Lon Solomon . December 31, 2004 \| PBS
		SOLOMON (speaking at podium): At the age of 21, I was an emotional and psychological disaster zone, well on my way to self-destructing.
		One of Solomon's four children, a daughter, was born with profound physical and mental disabilities.
		SOLOMON: I feel my life's making a difference for eternity and that there are going to be a lot of people in heaven because of what I did and that you know, that gives me great satisfaction.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/religionandethics/week818/profile.html (1496 words)

	Old Testament Challenge: Solomon - Extreme Wisdom
		Be very active as you read the Bible – mark it up: ask questions, note commands, look for indications of the character of God, pay close attention to passages that have special meaning to you – and think of the Bible as a love letter from God to you.
		When Solomon inherited the throne, he made a request for wisdom so that he would be able to rule over God’s great nation.
		Solomon’s wisdom not only led Israel to its golden era, much of it remains for us today in the book of Proverbs.
	www.willowcreek.com /service.asp?servid=175 (264 words)

	The Dialogues of Solomon and Marcolphus
		Biblical accounts of Solomon’s reign paint a portrait of a progressive king, at least as far as land acquisition and the development of the country’s infrastructure.
		While the archeological record cannot confirm Biblical accounts in all particulars, the historical consensus is that Solomon’s wisdom was prodigious as well as proverbial, and works attributed to him include the book of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, in addition to the Wisdom of Solomon, Apocrypha (a book of the Old Testament) and the Song of Solomon.
		Solomon: A good and pretty woman is an ornament to her husband.
	www.csun.edu /~sk36711/WWW/engl630AL/reports/peluso.htm (2010 words)

	The Antichrist as a Solomon Figure
		“The idea that Solomon was the messiah was justified, for his reign was one of both splendour and peace: 1 Kings 4:21 ‘And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
		Because King Solomon is so highly revered by occultists as a Master of the secret doctrine, and because there is evidence in the Old Testament that Solomon brought the occult arts into the nation of Israel, which was at peace and prospered materially during his reign...
		Although Solomon possesses many of the same traits as Jesus Christ, and is therefore a type of the Messiah, he does not possess all of the attributes of the Messiah as foretold in the Old Testament prophecies.
	watch.pair.com /solomon.html (6684 words)

	Old Testament Dates of Solomon and Egyptian King Shishak Confirmed by Archeology
		The dating of events in Hebrew Old Testament is often assumed to be incorrect by many secular scholars.
		The implication was that archaeological layers traditionally associated with the monarchies of David and Solomon were too young to fit the biblical claims.
		Solomon sought therefore to put Jeroboam to death; but Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt to Shishak king of Egypt, and he was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
	www.godandscience.org /apologetics/tel-rehov.html (470 words)

	Solomon - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Acquisition of Dr Solomon's Group PLC By Network Associates Inc.
		Dante's Heaven of the Sun and the wisdom of Solomon (1).
		SOLOMON SOFTWARE: Solomon Software announces av availability of Solomon IV Web Tools for Visual Basic.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-solomon.html (329 words)

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		Solomon states that he wrote his testament before his death so that the children of Israel would know the powers and shapes of the demons, and the names of the angels who have power over them.
		The Lesser Key of Solomon contains detailed descriptions of spirits and the conjurations needed to invoke and oblige them to do the will of the conjurer (referred to as the "exorcist").
		It details the protective signs and rituals to be performed, the actions necessary to prevent the spirits from gaining control, the preparations prior to the invocations, and instructions on how to make the necessary instruments for the execution of these rituals.
	www.lulu.com /qabalah (2025 words)

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		These works are a useful tool for contextualizing the New Testament, but the Pseudepigrapha offer unparalleled insight into the diversity and nature of Jewish doctrinal beliefs during the pre-Christian era.
		Regarding the former, while pseudepigraphical works are known for their complex angelology, it should not be forgotten that the New Testament has an array of terms for inhabitants of the heavens, many of which are referenced in this work and other pseudepigraphical texts (e.g., archons, thrones, dominions).
		Concerning the latter, the Testament of Adam affirms that God’s original intention was to make Adam a god, but this glorification was ruined by the Fall and now has to await the final consummation of Christ’s victory.
	www.logos.com /products/prepub/details/2421 (1601 words)

	Testament of Solomon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Testament of Solomon (TSol) is not really a testament, but rather an example of magical literature, to which a number of features of the genre testament have been added.
		Most scholars argue for a date in the early third century A.D. TSol is comprised of a haggadic folktale telling how Solomon used a magic ring to force the demons to help build the Temple, and a collection of ancient magical, medical, astrological, angelological and demonological lore.
		The book stands in the developing tradition of Jewish speculation about Solomon's magic powers, and shares a number of features with Jewish magical literature, including: the use of Solomon's seal-ring, name, incantations, and similar adjurations and magical acts for controlling demons.
	www.st-andrews.ac.uk /~www_sd/tsol.html (261 words)

	The Qabalah - The Testament of Solomon by Steven Ashe (Editor) (Book) in (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The oldest surviving copies of The Testament of Solomon were written in the same grammatic form as New Testament Greek and have been dated by scholars as originating from the period of the first to fourth centuries (C.E.).
		This English translation of the work ascribed to the authorship of the Old Testament King Solomon of the Book of Kings the work describes how Solomon is enabled to build the Temple by commanding demons by means of a magical ring and its five pointed seal entrusted to him by the Archangel Michael.
		With a foreword by Steven Ashe, author of Qabalah of 50 Gates: 2002 (Mandrake of Oxford).
	www.lulu.com /content/328347 (240 words)

	My Gruver Lineage in America - 2. Solomon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF signed with his witnessed "X" on February 25, 1811 in the presence of Lewis Micke and Melchior Edinger.
		Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former Wills by me made; In Witness whereof I have here unto set my Hand and Seal this Twenty fifth Day of February, in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and Eleven.
		So, they got the name of Grub and later it was GRUBË, and then GRUBER, and subsequently all the other variations of the name found here in America.
	home.comcast.net /~rgruver/gruver2.htm (949 words)

	Solomon — FactMonster.com
		Wisdom of Solomon - Wisdom of Solomon or Wisdom,early Jewish book included in the Septuagint and the Vulgate but not in...
		Elijah ben Solomon - Elijah ben Solomon, 1720–97, Jewish scholar, called the Gaon of Vilna, b.
		Psalms of Solomon - Psalms of Solomon: see Pseudepigrapha.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0845871.html (217 words)

	Asmodeus - Demons, Demonology, and Evil in Judaism and Christianity
		In the Testament of Solomon (dated 1st - 3rd centuries CE), Solomon invokes Asmodeus to aid in the construction of the Temple.
		The demon appears and predicts Solomon's kingdom will one day be divided.
		When Solomon interrogated Asmodeus further, he learned that Asmodeus was thwarted by the angel, Raphael, as well as sheatfish found in the rivers of Assyria.
	www.deliriumsrealm.com /delirium/articleview.asp?Post=97 (430 words)

	Amazon.com: The Old Testament: Pseudepigrapha Volume 2: Books: James H. Charlesworth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Expansions of the "Old Testament" and legends, wisdom and philosophical literature, prayers, psalms and odes, and fragments of lost Judeo-Hellenistic works.
		Matters of whether these "rebel" and "outcast" books appeared to be divinely inspired by the various communities that embraced them is a matter of conjecture, though there are strong hints here and there from the various communities of seekers that preserved these texts around the Mediterranean world.
		Charlesworth and those who have introduced/translated the works contained herein have done a great job tracing the history of the works and what is known about the communities in which they were written.
	www.amazon.com /Old-Testament-Pseudepigrapha-2/dp/0385188137 (2874 words)

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