In class on Thursday, January 20th, we learned about Solomon's Jerusalem. Professor Cargill pointed out that we do not have evidence that Solomon existed or that he built the temple, so we are going off of literary examples. In Solomon's prayer of dedication in 1 Kings 8, it is written that Solomon built the temple for God to dwell in.
Solomon became known as 'Wise King Solomon.' There was an incident under his reign with two women who had both just had a child. One of the children died, so the women stole the other mother's child and got rid of the body of the dead child. The women went to King Solomon and he said the women should give the baby to him so he can cut it in half and each woman can have half. The woman who had stolen the baby agreed, and the woman who was the mother of the child refused, and said she would rather have the other woman keep the baby than to have the baby killed. Solomon knew that the more compassionate woman who wanted to keep the baby alive was the real mother, so he returned the baby to her.
He is also seen as a somewhat controversial king in the eyes of some. He is said to have written proverbs, ecclesiastes, and song of songs. Song of songs, as Professor Cargill mentioned, can be seen as the equivalent of porn in the bible. It is inappropriate to some. The songs basically talk about relationships between men and women, women going into men's bedchambers and the like.
We learned about types of archaeological dating and how back in the day, temples and palaces would be built on top of remains of previous temples or palaces, but that is not the case anymore.
Solomon became known as 'Wise King Solomon.' There was an incident under his reign with two women who had both just had a child. One of the children died, so the women stole the other mother's child and got rid of the body of the dead child. The women went to King Solomon and he said the women should give the baby to him so he can cut it in half and each woman can have half. The woman who had stolen the baby agreed, and the woman who was the mother of the child refused, and said she would rather have the other woman keep the baby than to have the baby killed. Solomon knew that the more compassionate woman who wanted to keep the baby alive was the real mother, so he returned the baby to her.
He is also seen as a somewhat controversial king in the eyes of some. He is said to have written proverbs, ecclesiastes, and song of songs. Song of songs, as Professor Cargill mentioned, can be seen as the equivalent of porn in the bible. It is inappropriate to some. The songs basically talk about relationships between men and women, women going into men's bedchambers and the like.
We learned about types of archaeological dating and how back in the day, temples and palaces would be built on top of remains of previous temples or palaces, but that is not the case anymore.
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