The Dream of King Solomon Giclee Print

The Dream of Solomon, c.1693 Giclee Print
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Solomon

The wisest and most magnificent of the kings of Israel, son of David and Bathsheba. Aside from his wise choice of "an understanding heart," he is perhaps most celebrated for his building of the famous temple that bore his name and his entertainment of the Queen of Sheba.

The Biblical narrative ( I Kings ii-xi) relates that "he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart." Nevertheless "King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom." The glory of his reign gave rise to innumerable legends, many of which are related in the Talmud and the Koran.

the English Solomon

James I (reigned 1603-1625), whom Sully called "the wisest fool in Christendom."

the second Solomon

(I) Henry VII of England; (2) James I.

the Solomon of France

Charles V. ( 13641380) called le Sage.

Solomon's ring

Rabbinical fable has it that Solomon wore a ring with a gem that told him all he desired to know.

Bathsheba Bathing Giclee Print

Bathsheba Bathing, circa 1575 Giclee Print
Veronese, Paolo
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Bathsheba

In the Old Testament (2 Sam.) the beautiful wife of Uriah the Hittite, for whose sake David gave orders that Uriah should be sent into the most dangerous part of the battle, where he was slain. She became the mother of Solomon.

The Jews Passover Stretched Canvas Print

The Jews Passover Stretched Canvas Print
Tissot, James
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Balaam

(1) In the Old Testament ( Numb. xxii-xxiii), a prophet whom Balak, king of Moab, had persuaded to prophesy against the Israelites. On the way to utter the curse, the ass upon which Balaam was riding stopped short in a narrow pass and could not be forced to go on. "And Jehovah opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee that thou hast smitten me these three times . . . Then Jehovah opened the eyes of Balaam and he saw the angel of Jehovah standing in the way." Balaam and his ass were favorite characters in the early mystery plays on Biblical themes.

(2) Matter kept in type for filling up odd spaces in periodicals. Lockhart, in his Life of Scott (ch. lxx) tells us:

Balaam is the cant name for asinine paragraphs about monstrous productions of nature and the like. kept standing in type to be used whenever the real news of the day leaves an awkward space that must be filled up somehow.

Hence Balaam basket or box; the printer's slang term for the receptacle for such matter, and also for the place where stereotyped "fillups" are kept.

Heaven Of Angels Art Print

Heaven Of Angels Art Print
Andrews
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Apocrypha (Gr. apokrupto, hidden; hence, of unknown authorship)

Those books included in the Septuagint and Vulgate versions of the Old Testament, but which, at the Reformation, were excluded from the Sacred Canon by the Protestants, mainly on the grounds that they were not originally written in Herbrew and were not looked upon as genuine by the Jews. They are not printed in Protestant Bibles in ordinary circulation, but in the Authorized Version, as printed in 1611, they are given immediately after the Old Testament. The books are as follows:

1 and 2 Esdras
Tobit
Judith
The rest of Esther
Wisdom
Ecclesiasticus
Baruch, with the Epistle of Jeremiah
The Song of the Three Children
The Story of Susanna
The Idol Bel and the Dragon
1 and 2 Maccabees

The New Testament also has a large number of apocryphal books more or less attached to it. These consist of later gospels and epistles, apocalypses, etc., as well as such recently discovered fragments as the Logia (sayings of Jesus) of the Oxyrhynchus papyrus. The best known books of the New Testament apocrypha are:

Protevangelium, or the Book of James
Gospel of Nicodemus, or the Acts of Pilate
The Ascents of James
The Acts of Paul and Thecla
Letters of Abgarus to Christ
Epistles of Paul to the Laodiceans, and to the Alexan- drines, and the Third Epistle to the Corinthians
The Teaching of the Apostles (Didaché) The three Books of the Shepherd of Hermas

Achitophel - Star of David on Wall Jewish Print

Star of David on Wall in Jewish District, Venice, Italy Photographic Print
Coombe, Juliet
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Achitophel

In the Old Testament, David's traitorous counsellor, who deserted to Absalom. ( 2 Sam. xv.) The Achitophel of Dryden's satire was the Earl of Shaftesbury.

Of these the rebel the false Achitophel was first;
A name to all succeeding ages curst;
For close designs and crooked counsels first;
Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit;
Restless, unfix'd in principles and place;
In power unpleased, impatient in disgrace.

I. 150.




David with the Head of Goliath, Vasari Corridor, Florence Giclee Print
Reni, Guido
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Absalom Giclee Prints - Old Testament Posters Prints

Absalom's Accident Giclee Print
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Absalom
In the Old Testament ( 2 Sam. xviii), the handsome but rebellious son of David who "stole the hearts of the men of Israel" and plotted to become king in his father's stead. In the battle in which the issue was decided, Absalom, who rode on a mule, was caught by his head in an oak tree; and one of David's army, finding him so suspended, killed him in spite of the previous commands of the King. David's lament, "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee," has become a classic expression of paternal grief.




Absalom Giclee Print
Tissot, James
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Moses & Aaron Giclee Print - Religious Posters Prints

Moses Changes Aaron's Staff into a Serpent Giclee Print
Poussin, Nicolas
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Aaron

In the Old Testament, brother of MOSES with whom he was associated in the calling down of the Ten Plagues and the leading of the Children of Israel out of Egypt (ca. 1200 B. C.). As high priest Aaron was responsible for the making of the Golden Calf which the Israelites worshiped in the wilderness while Moses was receiving the Ten Commandments from Jehovah.