SOLOMON

d. c.930 b.c., king of the ancient Hebrews (c.970–c.930 b.c.), son and successor of David. His mother was Bath-sheba. His accession has been dated to c.970 b.c. According to the Bible. Solomon's reign was marked by foreign alliances (notably with Egypt and Phoenicia) and the greatest extension of Israel's territory in biblical times. He built numerous cities, constructed copper smelting furnaces in the Negev, and had the first temple built at Jerusalem. However, his despotism resulted in the alienation of N Israel and the revolt of Jeroboam I. 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.

Solomon's wisdom is proverbial. 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. The Psalms of Solomon (1st cent. b.c.) and the Odes of Solomon (early 2d cent. a.d.) are found in the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. Solomon's original name was Jedidiah.

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Solomon, the Esoteric King: From King to Magus, Development of a Tradition
Book by Pablo A. Torijano; Brill, 2002
Subjects: Astrology, Exorcism, Greek Literature--Jewish Authors--History And Criticism, Judaism And Literature--Greece, Solomon--King Of Israel--Knowledge--Astrology, Solomon--King Of Israel--Knowledge--Exorcism, Solomon--King Of Israel--Legends
SOLOMON THE ESOTERIC KING SUPPLEMENTS TO THE JOURNAL FOR THE...SII?;Vh;RR G. SiENII3IIFi(llifi - J. TROMP VOLUME 73 SOLOMON THE ESOTERIC KING From King to Magus, Development of...Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Torijano Pablo A. : Solomon the Esoteric King : from King to Magus, Development of...
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Pacific Forest: A History of Resource Control and Contest in the Solomon Islands, C. 1800-1997
Book by Judith A. Bennett; Brill, 2000
Subjects: Forest Policy--Solomon Islands--History, Forests And Forestry--Solomon Islands--History
...History of Resource Control and Contest in Solomon Islands, c. 1800-1997 Judith A. Bennett...and their forests, and to the women of Solomon Islands who work hard in the forests and waters of Solomons to support their families. Acknowledgments...
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Headhunting in the Solomon Islands around the Coral Sea
Book by Caroline Mytinger; The Macmillan company, 1942
Subjects: New Britain Island (Papua New Guinea)--Description And Travel, Solomon Islands--Description And Travel
HEADHUNTING IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS AROUND THE CORAL SEA THE MACMILLAN...LIMITED TORONTO HEADHUNTING IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS AROUND THE CORAL SEA by...Reverend John R. Goldie of the British Solomon Islands, who gave us both bed and benediction...
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The Legacy of Solomon Asch: Essays in Cognition and Social Psychology
Book by Irvin Rock; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1990
Subjects: Asch, Solomon E--(Solomon Elliott)--1907-, Cognition, Gestalt Psychology, Perception, Social Psychology
THE LEGACY OF SOLOMON ASCH: Essays in Cognition and Social Psychology Solomon E. Asch THE LEGACY OF SOLOMON ASCH: Essays in Cognition and Social Psychology Edited by IRVIN ROCK University of California, Berkeley LAWRENCE ERLBAUM...
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Oral Traditions of Anuta: A Polynesian Outlier in the Solomon Islands
Book by Richard Feinberg; Oxford US, 1998
Subjects: Anuta Island (Solomon Islands)--Social Life And Customs, Anuta Language, Ethnology--Solomon Islands--Anuta Island, Folklore--Solomon Islands--Anuta Island, Oral Tradition--Solomon Islands--Anuta Island
...of Anuta: A Polynesian Outlier in the Solomon Islands Oral Traditions of Anuta A Polynesian Outlier in the Solomon Islands RICHARD FEINBERG New...of Anuta, a Polynesian outlier in the Solomon Islands / Richard Feinberg. p. cm...
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Women's Organizations, Voluntarism, and Self-Financing in Solomon Islands: A Participant Perspective
Journal article by Alice Aruhe'Eta Pollard; Oceania, Vol. 74, 2003
Subjects: Solomon Islands--Social aspects, Volunteerism--Analysis, Volunteerism--Social aspects, Women--Social aspects
...Organizations, Voluntarism, and Self-Financing in Solomon Islands: A Participant Perspective...Update on Economics and Governance in Solomon Islands held in the national capital...foreign concepts or imported practices for Solomon Islands women. Their daily routines and...
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Land in Kwara'ae and Development in Solomon Islands
Journal article by Ben Burt; Oceania, Vol. 64, 1994
Subjects: Economic development--Analysis, Kwara'ae (Melanesian people)--Economic aspects, Land tenure--Analysis, Solomon Islands--Economic aspects
Land in Kwaraae and development in Solomon Islands. by Ben Burt Land...of more than 80 local ethnic groups in Solomon Islands. Kwaraae community leaders or...and economic development elsewhere in Solomon Islands and Melanesia. For Kwaraae...
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The Age of Solomon: Scholarship at the Turn of the Millennium
Journal article by Shmuel Ahituu; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 120, 2000
Subjects: Books--Reviews, The Age of Solomon: Scholarship at the Turn of the Millennium (Book)--Reviews
The Age of Solomon: Scholarship at the Turn of the Millennium...by Shmuel Ahituu The Age of Solomon: Scholarship at the Turn of the Millennium...the plausible emergence of the Davidic-Solomonic kingdom. K. A. Kitchen in "Egypt and...
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Contemporary Histories of the Conflict in Solomon Islands: Review of Two Books
Journal article by Matthew Allen; Oceania, Vol. 76, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Happy Isles in Crisis: The Historical Causes for a Failing State in Solomon Islands, 1998-2004 (Book)--Book reviews, The Manipulation of Custom: From Uprising to Intervention in the Solomon Islands (Book)--Book reviews
...Contemporary Histories of the Conflict in Solomon Islands: Review of Two Books. by...historical causes for a failing state in Solomon Islands 1998-2004. Australian National...From Uprising to Intervention in the Solomon Islands Australian National University...
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William Faulkner Reprised: Isolation in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon
Journal article by Lorie Watkins Fulton; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 58, 2004
Subjects: African American literature--Criticism and interpretation, American literature--African American authors, American literature--Criticism and interpretation, Faulkner, William--Criticism and interpretation, Faulkner, William--Influence, Literary techniques--Criticism and interpretation, Literary themes--Criticism and interpretation, Literature--Criticism and interpretation, Literature--Themes, motives, Morrison, Toni--Criticism and interpretation, Song of Solomon (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation
...Reprised: Isolation in Toni Morrisons Song of Solomon. by Lorie Watkins Fulton A CRITICAL...Beloved with Absalom, Absalom! and Song of Solomon with Go Down, Moses. (2) However, Morrisons...and Morrisons own bildungsroman, Song of Solomon. (3) Only Alessandra Vendrame has made...
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America's Favorite Pastime Has a New Face: Jimmie Lee Solomon Heads Baseball's Minor League
Magazine article by Cassandra Hayes; Black Enterprise, Vol. 25, February 1995
Subjects: Baseball (Professional)--Officials and employees, Baseball teams--Mediation and arbitration, Solomon, Jimmie Lee--Management
...favorite pastime has a new face: Jimmie Lee Solomon heads baseballs minor league. by...Rebuild it and they will come. Jimmie Lee Solomon has been doing just that since becoming...175 teams and more than 5,000 players, Solomon oversees the rocky marriage of major league...
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Making a Big-League Pitch off the Field: Jimmie Lee Solomon
Magazine article by Kimberly Davis; Ebony, Vol. 60, August 2005
Subjects: Executives--Management, Major League Baseball--Management, Major League Baseball--Officials and employees, Solomon, Jimmie Lee--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Solomon, Jimmie Lee--Management, Vice presidents (Organizations)--Management
...Big-League Pitch off the Field: Jimmie Lee Solomon. by Kimberly Davis IF hed...today might be different for Jimmie Lee Solomon. But he didnt. He hated it. He hated...hours before school started. And so, Solomons life took a different turn, from Thompsons...
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A Casualty of Circumstance: Simon Poe Looks into the Sad Tale of Simeon Solomon, at Last Given His Due as an Artist
Magazine article by Simon Poe; New Statesman, Vol. 134, November 7, 2005
Subjects: Painters (Artists)--Behavior, Painters (Artists)--Works, Painters--Behavior, Painters--Works, Painting, Painting (Art), Solomon, Simeon--Behavior, Solomon, Simeon--Works
...Poe Looks into the Sad Tale of Simeon Solomon, at Last Given His Due as an Artist...a fort-night earlier. This was Simeon Solomon, the rising star of the Aesthetic Movement...martyr and a secular saint, while poor Solomon is virtually forgotten. But then the infinitely...
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William III Knights Solomon De Medina
Magazine article by Anthony Greenstreet; History Today, Vol. 50, June 2000
Subjects: Jews--18th century, Knights and knighthood--History, William III, King of England--Conduct of life, de Medina, Solomon--Conduct of life
William III Knights Solomon de Medina by Anthony Greenstreet...William III knighted the financier Solomon de Medina -- the first member of the...English army in Flanders since 1679. Solomon de Medina was born about 1650 in Bordeaux...
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Like Father, like Son ... It Is Not Unusual for a Son to Follow in His Father's Professional Footsteps, but as Gebrekristos Solomon, One of Ethiopia's Most Celebrated Artists, Explained to Stephen Williams, It Might All Have Been So Different
Magazine article by Stephen Williams; New African, May 2008
Subjects: Painters (Artists)--Biography, Painters--Biography, Solomon, Gebrekristos--Biography
...Professional Footsteps, but as Gebrekristos Solomon, One of Ethiopias Most Celebrated Artists...by Stephen Williams Gebrekristos Solomon has spent much of his adult life painting...fewer still the treasures Gebrekristos Solomon and his family have collected over the...
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Tragic Fall of Solomon
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 25, 2007
Tragic Fall of Solomon. Byline: Nelly Favis Villafuerte...history was the tragic downfall of King Solomon of Israel - portrayed at one time as...powerful king of the world. Historically, Solomon represents the peak point of Israels...
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Film Expresses Wisdom of Solomon
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 26, 2003
Subjects: Thornton, Billy Bob
Film expresses wisdom of Solomon. Byline: Scott Galupo, THE WASHINGTON...release in the summer, "Levity," Ed Solomons directorial debut, wont likely compete...Boys II" or "Matrix Reloaded." Mr. Solomon, however, is no stranger to blockbuster...
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Where's Solomon?
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 13, 2000
Wheres Solomon? The Daily Herald is serializing...Jesse has forged a letter to protect Solomon and Louisa from being stolen by a childless...trail, we howl with laughter. Louisa and Solomon scramble forward. "Whats so funny...
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Solomon Asked for Wisdom and All Other Blessings Came
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 22, 2002
Solomon asked for wisdom and all other blessings came Byline...Marshall at Scripture Church of Christ in Falls Church. Solomon became king when he was a very young man. He tried to follow...dream and said, "Ask what I shall give thee I Kings 3:5." Solomon knew that the Lord had showed his father "great mercy...
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CULTURE : Unsung Solomon Back on Display; Birmingham Is Hosting the First Major Exhibition for Almost a Century of a Precocious Victorian Artist Whose Career Was Ended by Homosexual Scandal Terry Grimley Reports
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), September 30, 2005
CULTURE : Unsung Solomon Back on Display; Birmingham Is Hosting...Byline: Terry Grimley The name of Simeon Solomon (1840-1905) will be familar to anyone...prosecution. For the last 30 years of his life Solomon was a social pariah - though it seems...
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encyclopedia articles on: Solomon  - 161 results

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Solomon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SOLOMON d. c.930 b.c., king of the ancient Hebrews (c.970...accession has been dated to c.970 b.c. According to the Bible. Solomons reign was marked by foreign alliances (notably with Egypt...and the revolt of Jeroboam I . The biblical account of Solomon derives from the "Succession Narrative" in Second Samuel...
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Solomon Islands
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SOLOMON ISLANDS independent Commonwealth nation (2005 est...New Guinea. The islands that constitute the nation of the Solomon Islands Guadalcanal , Malaita, New Georgia, the Santa...smaller islands are only part of the 900-mi (1,448-km) Solomon Islands chain, which also includes Bougainville and...
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Blumengarten, Solomon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BLUMENGARTEN, SOLOMON see Bloomgarden, Solomon . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Song of Solomon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SONG OF SOLOMON Song of Songs, or Canticles, book of the Bible, 22d in the order of the Authorized Version. Although traditionally ascribed to King Solomon, many scholars date it as late as the 3d cent. b.c. It is in form a collection...
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Loria, Isaac Ben Solomon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LORIA, ISAAC BEN SOLOMON see Luria, Isaac ben Solomon . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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