BIBLE: HISTORY OR HOAX V - KING SOLOMON & HIS "LUXURIOUS" TEMPLE

Rabbi Kaufmann wrote in "The Biblical Era" book, that "The foundations of the Hebrew/Jewish religion such as myth of the Creation, devotional exercise, order of the clergy, prophecies, psalms, code of laws and morals are inherited from the traditions of the Middle East. The New Testament was written in the 4th century AD in Greek language and translated to Latin in the 6th century AD. They were the "Codex Sinaiticus" and the "Codex Vaticanus". In order to legalize the "new religion" and establish the priesthood and church hierarchy, bishop Eusebius of Caesarea (260 to 340 AD.), a Church historian made an appropriate selection of parts of the Hebrew Canon of scriptures, known as the "Old Testament" and integrated them into a carefully revised collection of Christian writings, known as the "New Testament". The early Church Fathers accepted them in 325 AD at the first Council of Nicea (Turkey) and the combined books became the "Holy Book" of all the Christian Churches. The legend of the King Solomon's Temple is in the adopted Hebrew Scriptures, called the "Old Testament". We have to look back into history if we want to find out the truth. Solomon was the son of David, but since David himself was a mythological hero, with no historical proof to the contrary, we are under no obligation to believe he had a son named Solomon. According to Chronicles 9:23: "all kings of the earth sought his presence."If this be so, it is strange none of them mention him. His time allegedly was ...