{"id":69,"date":"2024-11-22T18:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T18:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/2024\/11\/22\/interesting-fifth-century-amulet\/"},"modified":"2024-11-22T18:28:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T18:28:00","slug":"interesting-fifth-century-amulet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/2024\/11\/22\/interesting-fifth-century-amulet\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting Fifth Century Amulet"},"content":{"rendered":"

 An interesting fifth century object was found in Turkey.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The object was interpreted by the Turkish archaeological authorities as King Solomon which Islam sees as Prophet Solomon.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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“The depiction of Prophet Solomon <\/u>on this necklace surprised us and revealed the importance of the artifact for Anatolian archaeology,” said \u00c7elikba\u015f. Anatolia is a region of Turkey. 5th-century amulet depicting biblical figure King Solomon spearing the devil discovered in Turkey<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I am certainly no expert on pieces like this but it seems a lot more like Saint George and the dragon than King Solomon.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Solomon is considered a Prophet-King by the Eastern Orthodox. His commemoration date is Dec 12 (Prophet Solomon<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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The Prophet-King Solomon (ca. 972 – 932 B.C.) was the son of David and Bathsheba. He succeeded his father as King and reigned for forty years. He built the palace and the Temple at Jerusalem, and was renowned for his wisdom. The Old Testament books of Proverbs, the Song of Songs, and the Wisdom of Solomon are attributed to him. He may have written parts of these books, but much of the material was probably transmitted orally before it was written down.<\/p>\n

In the Gospels, Christ mentions Solomon by name, citing his glory and wisdom (Matthew 6:29; 12:42).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Solomon is not considered a Saint perhaps due to his lifestyle but he’s still considered a Prophet because he produced the above Biblical materials.<\/p>\n

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 An interesting fifth century object was found in Turkey. The object was interpreted by the Turkish archaeological authorities as King Solomon which Islam sees as Prophet Solomon. “The depiction of Prophet Solomon on this necklace surprised us and revealed the importance of the artifact for Anatolian archaeology,” said \u00c7elikba\u015f. Anatolia is a region of Turkey. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archaelogy","category-bible"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}