Talk:Testament of Solomon

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The purpose of talking on this page and adding other contributions to this topic on Wikipedia is in order to expand discussion and research about the Testament of Solomon. Prior to its most recent additions, there was little information in regards to the Testament and its important relationship with Western religion and magic. Though I did not add much more I hope it is enough to extend further scholarly research about this topic. . —Preceding unsigned comment added by DarthBader805 (talk • contribs) 03:43, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There is no evidence that the work was written by Solomon, even if it claims to have been written by Solomon. It was common around the first, second, and third centuries BCE/CE for people to claim that a work they wrote was actually by an older author (unless Hermes Trismegistus actually was immortal and also suffered from multiple personality disorder). It is not going with "plain fact" to delete scholarly information about the date of work to make it appear that Solomon actually wrote it. If someone can prove that Conybeare is wrong and that Solomon was somehow aware of ideas that would not come up for centuries, then change the info from him to "some scholars claimed..." and then put the new info in as "but evidence shows that..." Wikipedia is not here to push any view point, religious or otherwise. Ian.thomson (talk) 01:53, 19 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Negative presentation of the Queen of Sheba?

Along with the negative presentation she is given in the Bible, the Testament of Solomon presents the Queen of Sheba as a witch, indicating that the author had an awareness of Jewish tradition, which had argued the same.

Where is the Queen of Sheba given a negative presentation in the Bible? Edgar (talk) 14:05, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I don't believe she is. She just came to talk to Solomon because he was so smart. Nothing in the canonical Christian Bible refers to her negatively. Gigasuperbunny (talk) 05:33, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]