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The Lebor Gabála Érenn, dating to the 11th–12th century, purports to list every High King from remote antiquity to the time of Henry II's Lordship of Ireland in 1171. The High Kingship is established by the Fir Bolg , and their nine kings are succeeded by a sequence of nine kings of the Tuatha Dé Danann , most if not all of whom are ...
Solomon is a masculine given name and surname of Hebrew origin, popularized by the biblical figure Solomon, Israelite monarch and son of David. The name is derived from the Latin Solomōn , borrowed from the Ancient Greek Solomṓn (Σολομών), ultimately from the Hebrew Šĕlōmō (שְׁלֹמֹה).
Talismanic scroll bearing Solomon's Seal, 11th-century Fatimid Caliphate Elemental representation of Solomon's seal. The Seal of Solomon or Ring of Solomon (Hebrew: חותם שלמה, Ḥotam Shlomo; Arabic: خاتم سليمان, Khātam Sulaymān; Turkish: Mühr-ü Süleyman) is the legendary signet ring attributed to the Israelite king Solomon in medieval mystical traditions, from which it ...
Song of Songs. The Song of Songs ( Biblical Hebrew: שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים, romanized: Shīr ha-Shīrīm ), also called the Canticle of Canticles or the Song of Solomon, is a biblical poem, one of the five megillot ("scrolls") in the Ketuvim ('writings'), the last section of the Tanakh. It is unique within the Hebrew Bible: it ...
Solomon ( / ˈsɒləmən / ), [ a] also called Jedidiah, [ b] was a monarch of ancient Israel and the son and successor of King David, according to the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. [ 4][ 5] He is described as having been the penultimate ruler of an amalgamated Israel and Judah.
Odes of Solomon. The Odes of Solomon are a collection of 42 odes attributed to Solomon. There used to be confusion among scholars on the dating of the Odes of Solomon; however, most scholars date it to somewhere between 70-125 AD. [1] [2] [3] The original language of the Odes is thought to have been either Greek or Syriac, and the majority of ...
King Solomon in Old Age by Gustave Doré (1866), a depiction of the purported author of Ecclesiastes, according to rabbinic tradition. The book takes its name from the Greek ekklēsiastēs, a translation of the title by which the central figure refers to himself: "Kohelet", meaning something like "one who convenes or addresses an assembly". [29]
Prayer of Solomon. The Prayer of Solomon is a prayer by King Solomon described in 1 Kings 8 :22-53 and 2 Chronicles 6 :12-42. This prayer is said to have occurred at the dedication of the temple of Solomon, which also became known as the First Temple. The wording and thinking of the prayer have much in common with the language of Deuteronomy. [1]