We live in a world where the wisdom of Solomon is greatly needed. In the simple story recalled in 1 Kings 3:5-12, God appears to they young, newly anointed king and asks what Solomon would desire of ...

Building up to Sukkot, with its temporary, shaky sukkah, it’s easy to forget that the holiday comes with something more substantial: its own book, Ecclesiastes — Kohelet in Hebrew — which is read ...

There is a profound failing in the approach to law of the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority. They do not much care about the facts of the cases before them, choosing instead to base their ...

In the story, two women come before King Solomon, and we learn that they both had babies. One of the babies died, and they both claim that the living baby is theirs. Solomon hears them out and allows ...

Ecclesiastes 1:7 “All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.” El Niño is a weather phenomenon that includes the ...

Many Christians and Jews believe that the wisdom of King Solomon extended well beyond ordinary human perception. A gift from God, it allowed him to understand the hidden forces of nature, the inner ...

Let’s move to a passage of dialogue from the dying King David to young Solomon as David appointed him king: “‘You shall be strong, therefore, and show yourself a man, and keep the charge of the Lord ...

The presidential inauguration of Donald J. Trump started on a spiritual note, with Timothy Michael Dolan, Catholic cardinal and archbishop of New York, reciting King Solomon’s prayer from the Book of ...

Feb. 10—It is much more than a legend in Ethiopia. It's accepted as a historical fact that when the Queen of Sheba traveled to Jerusalem to meet King Solomon and give him gifts, she became pregnant ...