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The Testament of Solomon

by Anonymous · F. C. Conybeare (trans.)

F. C. Conybeare's pioneering English translation of the Greek Testament of Solomon, a pseudepigraphal text of late antiquity in which Solomon receives a ring from the archangel Michael and uses it to interrogate and bind demons for the building of the Temple. Each demon reveals its name, its harm and the angel that thwarts it. The text is the foundation of the Solomonic magical legend and a key source for ancient demonology.

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