Solomon the Esoteric King: From King to Magus, Development of a Tradition (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism)

SOLOMON THE ESOTERIC KING: From King to Magus, Development of a Tradition......Page 4
I. General Introduction......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 14
Introduction......Page 18
Solomon in the Judaism of Late Antiquity......Page 20
a. Solomon the Divinely Appointed Successor of David......Page 25
b. Solomon as King in 1 Kgs 3-11......Page 27
c. Conclusions......Page 31
b. Solomon in 2 Chronicles 2-11......Page 32
c. Conclusions......Page 34
a. Psalm 72......Page 35
a. Introduction......Page 37
b. The Texts......Page 38
Solomon as Son of David in the Hebrew Bible......Page 40
Conclusions......Page 42
Introduction......Page 43
Solomon as Hellenistic King in LXX......Page 44
Solomon the King in the Wisdom of Ben Sira......Page 50
Solomon the Hellenistic King in Eupolemus......Page 52
Solomon the Hellenistic King in Josephus' Antiquities......Page 54
Conclusions......Page 57
Introduction......Page 58
a. Introduction......Page 60
b. Contents and Structure of the Scroll......Page 63
Solomon the Exorcist and the Formula "who are you?" in the Testament of Solomon......Page 70
b. The Formula "who are you?" in the Testament of Solomon......Page 72
Solomon the Exorcist, and the Formula "who are you?" in the Questions of Bartholomew (Gospel of Bartholomew)......Page 85
Solomon, Exorcism and the Magic Ring......Page 93
Conclusions......Page 103
Introduction......Page 105
Solomon the Hermetic Sage in Wisdom of Solomon......Page 107
Solomon the Hermetic Sage in Josephus' Jewish Antiquities 8.4-50......Page 112
Conclusions......Page 122
Solomon, the Son of David, in Psalm 17 of the Psalms of Solomon......Page 123
Solomon, or the Son of David, in Chapter 60 of the Biblical Antiquities of Pseudo-Philo......Page 126
Solomon the "Son of David" in the New Testament and Early Christian Writers......Page 128
Solomon, the "Son of David" in Jewish Amulets and Magical Bowls......Page 136
Solomon the "Son of David" in Christian Amulets......Page 139
Solomon the "Son of David" in the Testament of Solomon......Page 141
Conclusions......Page 144
Introduction......Page 146
The Amulets: Iconography and Inscriptions......Page 147
A Semitic Parallel......Page 156
Conclusions......Page 157
Introduction......Page 159
The Astrological Material in Chapters 8 and 18 of Testament of Solomon......Page 161
a. General Introduction to the Text......Page 168
b. The Technique of the Hydromancy......Page 170
c.1. The Problems of the Text......Page 172
c.2. The Manuscripts......Page 174
d.1. Preliminary Matters......Page 178
d.2. Structure of the Text......Page 180
e. Conclusions......Page 188
Solomon and Astrological Material in the Mandaean Ginza......Page 192
The Syriac Zosimus (Book XII of Zosimus)......Page 195
Solomon and the Astrological Material in the Nag Hammadi Tractate On the Origin of the World......Page 200
Solomon the Astrologer in the Selenodromion of David and Solomon......Page 204
Conclusions......Page 207
Introduction......Page 209
a. Introduction......Page 215
b. Solomon the Magician in the "Introduction (פתיחה)" to the Sepher ha-Razim......Page 217
c. Conclusions......Page 225
a. Introduction......Page 226
b. The Structure and Function of the Magical Treatise......Page 227
c. The Magical Techniques of the Hygromanteia......Page 232
d. Conclusions......Page 240
X. Conclusion......Page 242
Appendix I. Translation of the Hygromanteia of Solomon......Page 248
Appendix II. Greek Synopsis of the Hygromanteia of Solomon......Page 271
Appendix III. Text and Translation of the Selenodromion of David and Solomon......Page 327
Selected Bibliography......Page 334
Index......Page 348
Back Matter......Page 351