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| Title: Salomo als Prototy eines Weisen? Die Weisheit Salomos einmal anders Secondary Title: BK Volume: 52 Pages: 193-199 Type: Journal Article Year: 1997 Abstract: Hieke, Thomas in: OTA 21.2 (1998), 258: "While Solomon is traditionally known as the ideal of a wise man, M. and R. point out the dark sides of this biblical figure. Solomon established his rule by killing his opponents; he married non-Israelite women and worshipped their gods; and did not follow the torah, but rather the wisdom of common sense. In the later tradition (after the Exile) the Torah was connected with hôkmâ ("wisdom") in order to protect the Torah. As a result, Solomon lost his position as the wise man in Jewish tradition. In Qumran, Josephus, Testament of Solomon, and the Talmud, Solomon is mentioned as a magician. Contrary to this image Solomon appears in the Book of Wisdom as a preacher of the Torah who comforts the Jewish martyrs, with the promise of justice and peace. In the last section of their essay, M. and R. describe the very negative image of Solomon in the Talmud, and quote the story abut Solomon and the ant from a medieval midrash". |