Rewriting the Testament of Solomon : tradition, conflict and identity in a late antique pseudepigraphon / Todd E. Klutz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klutz, Todd.

Series:

Library of Second Temple studies ; 53.

Library of Second Temple studies ; 53

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Testament of Solomon.

Demonology.

Jewish magic.

Solomon, King of Israel--Knowledge and learning--Magic.

Solomon.

Solomon, King of Israel.

Magic.

Physical Description:

xii, 164 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T&T Clark, [2005]

Summary:

Todd Klutz examines the main issues in scholarship on the Testament of Solomon, for instance, the Testament's textual identity and its tradition history. By approaching the issues in the light of new thinking about 'magic' and the structure of texts, he also sheds light on the motivations behind its final redaction and the sorts of discourses to which its composition may have been a response.

Contents:

Primary Sources and Translations ix

1 Reintroducting the Testament of Solomon 1

Modern Translations 1

Content and Plot 3

Structure 10

Genre, Sources and Redaction 14

Manuscripts, Textual Criticism, and Tradition History 19

Context of Production: When and Where 34

2 Astrological Schemes, 'Ancient Superstitions' and Literary Structure 38

On Some Dubious Categories in the Testament's Modern Reception 38

Eroticism, Astrology, and the Sense of an Ending in 14.3-16.1 40

The Archer and the Cross 44

Natal versus Chorographic Astrology 47

3 Illness, Morality, and Echoes of Jewish Scripture 52

Health Care and Morality in the World-View of the Testament 53

Echoes of Jewish Scripture 58

Rewritten Bible and Anti-Judaism in Chapters 19-26 68

4 Solomon and Christ in Comparative Perspective 74

Images of Solomon in Ancient Comparative Materials 75

Ephippas: A Clue to the Implied Situation of the Final Redaction? 95

The Christian Orientation of the Testament's Final Redaction 104

5 Poststructuralist Perspectives 111

Israelite Narrator and Christian Implied Author: A Deconstructive Reading 112

Concealed Jesus, Implied Christians, and Revealed Phallic Symbols 117

A Tale of Two Virgins, or Men and Women in the Testament of Solomon 124

Text, Tradition, and Structure 127

The Testament and the Dialogue 131

The Triumph of Ephippas and Abezithibou over Solomon the Horseman 133

'Gnosticism' and 'Magic' 136

Laughter, Desire, and Femininity in the 'Last Things' of Solomon 138.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [147]-152) and indexes.

ISBN:

0567043924

0567081877

OCLC:

60312079