The Solomon story has always bugged me as being the sort of thing a not-wise person would come up with as an example of wisdom. There are too many ways it could have gone wrong.
I have my own preferred take on the story, and what else that sort of solution might imply. In that version, it ends with
And because he was the king, beheld by his subjects with awe and terror, the women did not protest his judgment.
And nobody ever bothered the king with domestic disputes again.
I think it is remarkable how obviously childish the style of the “bible” quotes is when compared to the deliberately arcane “wording” of the OP.
I agree with you, I also fail to see any level of sophistication in the bible. If anything it is at the same level of “Go god Go”
(Must add a disclaimer here: English is not my native language so if I say something stupid it is because I am Mexican)
The Solomon story has always bugged me as being the sort of thing a not-wise person would come up with as an example of wisdom. There are too many ways it could have gone wrong.
I have my own preferred take on the story, and what else that sort of solution might imply. In that version, it ends with
I think it is remarkable how obviously childish the style of the “bible” quotes is when compared to the deliberately arcane “wording” of the OP.
I agree with you, I also fail to see any level of sophistication in the bible. If anything it is at the same level of “Go god Go” (Must add a disclaimer here: English is not my native language so if I say something stupid it is because I am Mexican)