Early Jewish catechism in question-answer format
Okay, the title is accurate click bait to try to drum up support for paraBiblical works in Logos to have a broader market so that they receive a modicum of attention rather than the sloppy treatment I have found trying to index them (since Logos doesn't).
from Hovhanessian, Vahan S. “Questions of the Queen of Sheba and Answers by King Solomon: Introduction and a New Translation of the Armenian Version.” In Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: More Noncanonical Scriptures, edited by Richard Bauckham, James R. Davila, and Alexander Panayotov, Vol. One. Grand Rapids, MI;Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2013.
The seven questions that the Queen of Sheba asked Solomon
1 First Question
What is your God, and what does he resemble, or to what is he likened?Answer: My God is something from which everything else derives, and (who) is exalted above everything; and he has no comparison, and there is nothing that is like him, because everything (else) is changeable and subject to opposition.
2 Second Question
How does this sphere revolve, to the right or to the left? And when the whole of it revolves, does it all revolve equally (in the same direction), or part of it one way, part of it another?Answer: The sphere has a double revolution: its firm part revolves westwards, to the right, and turns rapidly, each night and day completing the movement of its course. But the planets, which ride above it, revolve eastwards, to the left; and each of them completes the revolution of its journey in accordance with the measure of its altitude, ranging from every thirty years to every thirty days.
3 Third Question
Before all this where was the Creator, and after it, where will he be?Answer: Before the Creator made all this he was in himself; that is, he existed, and took pleasure and dwelt in the contemplation of his goodness alone. And after he has undone everything that he has established for the honour of his creative ability, he will dwell at the banquet of the just and in the hearts of those who please him, remaining endlessly in his kingdom. As far as change (of abode) is concerned, there is no alteration for him from one place to another.
These works are fundamental to understanding the context of Scripture … plus some of them are great fun
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