An ordeal attributed to King Solomon in a Christian Arabic Apocryphon
Abstract
The Arabic version of the Testament of Solomon includes a text about an ordeal of biblical reminiscences in which the monarch must finally impart justice as a consequence of the accusation of fornication against a young woman. This is an interesting text in the Christian Arabic tradition, not so much for the rarity of it, but above all for the dimension and narrative characteristics of the story, whose source is Nm 5:11-31, with references to Lk 10,38- 42 or Jn 12:2.
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