Tu, felix Salomon, nube: Solomon's Marriages in Early Christian and East Syrian Biblical Interpretation.
This article explores the political portrayal of Solomon's marriages presented by three East Syrian authors. It will be shown that whereas Jewish and early Christian interpreters often pointed to desire and demonic influence to explain Solomon's many marriages, Theodore bar Koni, Ishoʿdad of Merv an...
| Published in: | Vigiliae Christianae Vol. 75; no. 3; pp. 303 - 327 |
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2021
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