Publication Date:
2017
abstract:
The Testament of Solomon (TS) is a Greek pseudepigraphon recounting how King Solomon was helped by some demons to build the Jerusalem Temple. The story deeply reworks 1 Kings 4, 29-12, 24 and displays all the features of the ‘Rewritten Bible’. In the complex textual tradition of TS, various redactional
levels can be detected, both Jewish and Christian. It seems that its textual nucleus, including some demonological and magical materials, originated in Jewish traditions; nonetheless, in its full redaction the text is certainly Christian. The aim of the present study is to show how the vocabulary and concepts shared by TS with the New Testament cannot be ascribed just to the same linguistic background, or to traditions received orally, but that the Christian author had a direct and good knowledge at least of the Synoptic Gospels.
levels can be detected, both Jewish and Christian. It seems that its textual nucleus, including some demonological and magical materials, originated in Jewish traditions; nonetheless, in its full redaction the text is certainly Christian. The aim of the present study is to show how the vocabulary and concepts shared by TS with the New Testament cannot be ascribed just to the same linguistic background, or to traditions received orally, but that the Christian author had a direct and good knowledge at least of the Synoptic Gospels.
Iris type:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
BIBBIA, LETTERATURA APOCRIFA, PSEUDOEPIGRAFI, NUOVO TESTAMENTO, MAGIA EBRAICA, LETTERATURA CRISTIANA
List of contributors:
Hartman, Dorota Maria
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