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==Apocryphal texts== | ==Apocryphal texts== | ||
Rabbinical tradition attributes the | Rabbinical tradition attributes the ''Wisdom of Solomon'' (included within the Septuagint) to Solomon, although this book was probably written in the 2nd century BCE. In this work, Solomon is portrayed as an astronomer. Other books of wisdom poetry such as the ''Odes of Solomon'' and the ''Psalms of Solomon'' also bear his name. The Jewish historian Eupolemus, who wrote about 157 BCE, included copies of apocryphal letters exchanged between Solomon and the kings of Egypt and Tyre. | ||
The ''[[Gnosticism|Gnostic]] Apocalypse of Adam'', which may date to the 1st or 2nd century, refers to a legend in which Solomon sends out an army of [[demon]]s to seek a virgin who had fled from him, perhaps the earliest surviving mention of the later common tale that Solomon controlled demons and made them his slaves. This tradition of Solomon's control over demons appears fully elaborated in the early pseudographical work called the ''[[Testament of Solomon]]'' with its elaborate and grotesque [[demon|demonology]]. | The ''[[Gnosticism|Gnostic]] Apocalypse of Adam'', which may date to the 1st or 2nd century, refers to a legend in which Solomon sends out an army of [[demon]]s to seek a virgin who had fled from him, perhaps the earliest surviving mention of the later common tale that Solomon controlled demons and made them his slaves. This tradition of Solomon's control over demons appears fully elaborated in the early pseudographical work called the ''[[Testament of Solomon]]'' with its elaborate and grotesque [[demon|demonology]]. | ||