The Testament of Solomon (TS) is a Greek pseudepigraphon recounting how King Solomon was helped by some demons to build the Jerusalem Temple. The story deeply reworks 1 Kings 4, 29-12, 24 and displays all the features of the ‘Rewritten Bible’. In the complex textual tradition of TS, various redactional levels can be detected, both Jewish and Christian. It seems that its textual nucleus, including some demonological and magical materials, originated in Jewish traditions; nonetheless, in its full redaction the text is certainly Christian. The aim of the present study is to show how the vocabulary and concepts shared by TS with the New Testament cannot be ascribed just to the same linguistic background, or to traditions received orally, but that the Christian author had a direct and good knowledge at least of the Synoptic Gospels.
In questo studio si riesaminano i vari livelli redazionali del Testamento di Salomone, pseudepigrafo sinora non molto studiato, in cui si narra come Salomone sia stato aiutato da alcuni demoni nell'edificazione del tempio di Gerusalemme. Il testo ha avuto una fase compositiva e redazionale complessa, in cui si sono sovrapposte componenti giudaiche e cristiane. Sono qui presi particolarmente in considerazione alcuni elementi del lessico e, per quanto riguarda temi e contenuti, sono esaminate le riscritture del testo biblico (particolarmente di 1Re 4, 29-12, 24) e i rapporti con la letteratura cristiana antica, di cui l'autore mostra di avere buona conoscenza.
La redazione cristiana del Testamento di Salomone
Hartman, Dorota Maria
2017-01-01
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The Testament of Solomon (TS) is a Greek pseudepigraphon recounting how King Solomon was helped by some demons to build the Jerusalem Temple. The story deeply reworks 1 Kings 4, 29-12, 24 and displays all the features of the ‘Rewritten Bible’. In the complex textual tradition of TS, various redactional levels can be detected, both Jewish and Christian. It seems that its textual nucleus, including some demonological and magical materials, originated in Jewish traditions; nonetheless, in its full redaction the text is certainly Christian. The aim of the present study is to show how the vocabulary and concepts shared by TS with the New Testament cannot be ascribed just to the same linguistic background, or to traditions received orally, but that the Christian author had a direct and good knowledge at least of the Synoptic Gospels.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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