If David is fictional, then was his son Solomon a fake?

Question

david had to keep the arc of the covenant in a tent. He fought with a spear. When he became king, the king of Tyre donated cedar logs for his palace. In his childhood, it says there were no blacksmiths in the land. the only reason he is so popular is because a prophecy says his name will be like the greatest men on earth. wow.

So I have trouble when people want to write him off as non existant. i mean, you can fly to Isreal and ask the cab driver to take you to his son's fort...??

Can someone smart help?

Hmmm, flintstones drawn on paper compared to archeological discoveries....your right, I see no difference. pff

I'm waiting to be blown away but something here.

Robin, you make me sick. Go to a university and ask the archeological department of a University and ask if the bible has any relavance to the study of archeology. They will tell you that it is a great aid. They won't be able to verify acts of God, but stories match. Live with it.

Gio, I'm sure they sold lots and lots of books. cha ching!

Robin, you are clearly a person that looks at the sorce and make's up her mind accordingly. I guess you could look at some history of Soloman or something and then consider the difficulty of finding artifacts to support a story. ...or you could say something about hansel and grettle and mark a point for yourself.

Answer 1

you can fly to greece and ask anyone to point out the straight of heracles

does that mean he was real?

Answer 2

Who says David was fictional?


A non fictional David however does not mean that the Bible is right about god any more than the existence of Tory means that the Iliad proves the existence of Zeus.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David#Historicity_of_David

There seems to be reasonable evidence that David existed. Whether he was the king of a nation, or just the leader of a tribe I will leave up to the archaeologists. The problem is that too many of them, especially in the past, have brought a non-fact based agenda to the table.

You can fly to Israel and get a cab to, or a tour of lots of 'historical' sights. that does not necessarily make them real, it just means that these people are exploiting a good source of money.

Answer 3

because of the way, he is mentioned in the bible, not so much as a supernatural figure, but a folk hero who probably did rule the jews at one point (with his exploits exxagerated, like most kings- they are "heroic" to gain popularity among thier subjects, so instead of assasinating the prior ruler and usurping the throne, maybe they saved the kingdom from a dragon or evil or whatnot and "won" the throne).

actually the story of david and goliath has some credibility when you view it against what we know about jewish battle of those days, as well as "morale" customs which many cultures engaged in.

IF david was a special infantry that was good with a sling stone as well as a spear- AND his military unit and met with goliath's military unit on the field of battle. it is not far fetched that david might have had a "challenge" match against goliath (who might not have been a "giant" but a very powerfull warrior) as would be the custom to have generals choose champions to fight prior to engaging the enemy, then why would it be so far fetched to believe that he took down an enemy with a weapon that can fling a stone with such force- especially one who is trained in its use as part of a military, that he would kill him.

if you apply modern logic to interpret most things in the bible- you can often get at a more realistic probability than taking it word for word or discounting it entirely.

king arthur, robin hood- they might not be real- but they are based on real people (or types of people in the robin hood story).

EDIT: even "dracula" has a historical archetype- vlad the impaler was far far worse and sick than his vampire myth however.

Answer 4

You can go to Israel and ask a cab driver to take you to Solomon's fort? Really?

The truth is that since the formation of the state of Israel, archeologist have been searching and searching for some proof that Solomon and David existed so they may make a historical claim to the Holy Land. So far, nothing has been found. Not one stone of Solomon's alleged Temple has been located. No mention of Solomon's temple in the historical records of those who allegedly donated building supplies. The truth is that David and Solomon most likely didn't even exist.

Read this:

"All hell broke loose in Israel in November of that year when Prof. Ze'ev Herzog of Tel Aviv University announced: "the Israelites were never in Egypt, did not wander the desert, did not conquer the land, and did not pass it on to the twelve tribes".

"His conclusion that the kingdom of David and Solomon was at best a small tribal monarchy, at worst total myth, has made enemies for him in the camps of traditional Jewish and Christian belief systems. He asserts: all evidence demonstrates that the Jews did not adopt monotheism until the 7th Century BCE - a heresy according to the Biblical tradition dating it to Moses at Mount Sinai."

"Tel Aviv University's archaeological investigation at Megiddo and examination of the six-sided gate there dates it to the 9th Century BCE, not the 10th Century BCE claimed by the 1960's investigator Yigael Yadin who attributed it to Solomon. Herzog, moreover, states that Solomon and David are "entirely absent in the archaeological record".

"In addition, Herzog's colleague, Israel Finkelstein, claims the Jews were nothing more than nomadic Canaanites who bartered with the city dwellers."

"The team's studies concluded that Jerusalem did not have any central status until 722 BCE with the destruction of its northern rival Samaria."

Answer 5

There is a Bedrock City in S. Dakota. Think Fred Flintstone lives there? http://www.flintstonesbedrockcity.com/index.html

You are correct. A person in a book is completely different then a cartoon character, pffft

Ask anyone in England and they can point you to Sherwood Forest. Maybe you'll find Robin Hood too. Or go to Romania and ask for Vlad Tepes' Castle. Tell me if you still see him flying around biting people.

Answer 6

You can see in the London museum pottery shards that speak of Goliath, you can also see Babylon clay tablets that talk about the 'house of David." Anyone who says he was not real, is themselves 'not for real'

Answer 7

Yeah, Robin's right.

Answer 8

he could have been alive. history does not record everyone or every king who ever lived.

Answer 9

If you want the right answer, don't ask for a smart person. Ask for a wise person. Otherwise you'll get a fool.

"The fool says in his heart' There is no God.' "

Answer 10

Solomon was fictional also.