judgmentOfSolomon

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The Judgment of Solomon is a famous biblical story in which King Solomon demonstrates his wisdom by proposing to divide a disputed baby in two to reveal the true mother.

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The Judgment of Solomon 2
Solomon's judgment 1
The judgment of King Solomon 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Testament story
biblical story
narrative
wisdom tale
chronologicalContext reign of King Solomon
citedIn legal scholarship
philosophy
theology
culturalRole archetype of judicial decision-making
demonstrates Solomon's God-given wisdom
featuresCharacter King Solomon
an infant
two women
foundInBook 1 Kings
foundInChapter 1 Kings 3
hasAlternativeName judgmentOfSolomon
surface form: Solomon's judgment

judgmentOfSolomon
surface form: The judgment of King Solomon
hasDepictionInArt paintings
sculptures
hasMainCharacter King Solomon
hasTheme discernment
justice
motherhood
truth
wisdom
influenced art
legal thought
literature
involves dispute over a baby
two women claiming to be the child's mother
keyEvent Solomon proposes to divide the living baby in two
true mother begs the king to spare the child
keyOutcome Solomon identifies the true mother
child is given to the compassionate woman
languageOfOrigin Hebrew
moralLesson justice requires insight beyond appearances
true love is self-sacrificial
wisdom discerns motives
partOf Christian biblical canon
surface form: Christian Old Testament

Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
religiousTradition Christianity
Islam
Judaism
setIn Ancient Israel
surface form: ancient Israel
symbolizes divinely inspired judgment
ideal judicial wisdom
usedAs legal ethics case study
proverbial example of wise judgment

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Sulayman knownFor judgmentOfSolomon
Leonaert Bramer notableWork judgmentOfSolomon
this entity surface form: The Judgment of Solomon
judgmentOfSolomon hasAlternativeName judgmentOfSolomon
subject surface form: Judgment of Solomon
this entity surface form: Solomon's judgment
judgmentOfSolomon hasAlternativeName judgmentOfSolomon
subject surface form: Judgment of Solomon
this entity surface form: The judgment of King Solomon
Pieter Symonsz Potter notableWork judgmentOfSolomon
this entity surface form: The Judgment of Solomon