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Solomon (film)
''Solomon'' is a 1997 television miniseries for RAI that retells the Bible's story of Solomon.''The Ancient World in the Cinema'' Jon Solomon - 2001 0300083378 p173 "in Italy, RAI's Solomon (1997), starring Ben Cross as Solomon and Max von Sydow as David" Directed by Roger Young, it stars Ben Cross as Solomon, Vivica A. Fox as the Queen of Sheba, Anouk Aimée as Bathsheba and Max von Sydow as David. Plot summary The film begins with David still king of Israel. His sons Adonijah and Solomon are fierce rivals because both are prospective heirs to the throne. Adonijah challenges Solomon to a chariot race during a hunting expedition, which Solomon wins because Adonijah loses control of his chariot. King David is aged and sickly, and announces that Solomon is the rightful heir to the throne over Israel. King David announces and ordinates Solomon as king in sight of the people. Shortly after, King David dies and Solomon gives the order for Adonijah to be killed, who also was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradley T
Bradley may refer to: People * Bradley (given name) * Bradley (surname) Places In the United Kingdom In England: * Bradley, Cheshire * Bradley, Derbyshire * Bradley (house), a manor in Kingsteignton, Devon * Bradley, Gloucestershire * Bradley, Hampshire * Bradley, Lincolnshire * Bradley, North Yorkshire * Bradley, Staffordshire * Bradley (ward), Lancashire * Bradley, West Midlands * Bradley, West Yorkshire, near Huddersfield * Bradley in the Moors, Staffordshire * Bradley Green, Cheshire * Bradley Green, Gloucestershire * Bradley Green, Worcestershire * Bradley Stoke, Gloucestershire In Wales: * Bradley, Wrexham In the United States * Bradley, Arkansas * Bradley, California * Bradley Junction, Florida, also known as Bradley * Bradley, Georgia * Bradley, Illinois * Bradley, Louisville, Kentucky * Bradley, Maine, a New England town ** Bradley (CDP), Maine, village in the town * Bradley, Michigan * Bradley, Nebraska * Bradley, Ohio * Bradley, Oklahoma * Bradley, South Carolina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin A
Benjamin ( ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel, and Jacob's twelfth and youngest son overall in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition. He was also considered the progenitor of the Israelite Tribe of Benjamin. Unlike Rachel's first son, Joseph, Benjamin was born in Canaan according to biblical narrative. In the Samaritan Pentateuch, Benjamin's name appears as "" (Samaritan Hebrew: , "son of days"). In the Quran, Benjamin is referred to as a righteous young child, who remained with Jacob when the older brothers plotted against Joseph. Later rabbinic traditions name him as one of four ancient Israelites who died without sin, the other three being Chileab, Jesse and Amram. Name The name is first mentioned in letters from King Sîn-kāšid of Uruk (1801–1771 BC), who called himself “King of Amnanum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeroboam
Jeroboam I (; Hebrew language, Hebrew: ''Yārŏḇʿām''; ), frequently cited Jeroboam son of Nebat, was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the first king of the northern Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), Kingdom of Israel following a Jeroboam's Revolt, revolt of the Ten Lost Tribes, ten tribes against Rehoboam that put an end to the United Monarchy. According to the book of 1 Kings, he reigned for 22 years and "there was war continually between Rehoboam and Jeroboam". Jeroboam also fought Abijam son of Rehoboam king of Judah. Jeroboam is often described as "doing evil in the sight of the Lord" William F. Albright has dated his reign from 922 to 901 BC, while Edwin R. Thiele offers the dates 931 to 910 BC. There has been much academic discussion in recent years on whether Jeroboam I existed and whether he may be a retrojection of Jeroboam II, though there is not a consensus on the topic. Etymology The name ''Yārŏḇ‘ām'' is commonly held to have been derived from ''rīḇ'' an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Dillane
Richard Dillane (born 1964) is an English actor. He appears in ''Soldier Soldier'' (1995), ''Cold Feet'' (2000), ''Space Race'' (2005), '' Tristan & Isolde'' (2006), '' Spooks'' (2007), ''Casualty'' (2008-2009), ''Oranges and Sunshine'' (2010), ''Doctor Who'' (2011), ''Argo'' (2012), '' Dead in Tombstone'' (2013), ''Wolf Hall'' (2015), ''Peaky Blinders'' and ''Poldark'' (2016), ''Giri/Haji'' (2019), ''Young Wallander'' (2020), ''The Crown'' and '' Andor'' (2022-2025). Early life and education Dillane is from Kent, and grew up near London with his brother Stephen (also an actor). Their mother is English and their father was born in Australia to Irish parents. He took a philosophy degree at Manchester University, and lived in Australia for ten years, working in white-water rafting as a guide, also as an actor and director. Career In 2020, he appears in a lead role of the Netflix series ''Young Wallander'', based on the character Kurt Wallander created by novelist Henning Mankell. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefania Rocca
Stefania Rocca (born 24 April 1971) is an Italian actress. She is best known for her roles in the films ''Nirvana'' (1997), ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'' (1999) and ''Dracula'' (2002). Rocca also was the lead in Dario Argento's '' The Card Player''. Among her most recent appearances, she was in Alessandro D'Alatri's comedy film '' Commediasexi'' where she played the main character, Pia Roncaldi. She starred as Hannah in the 1997 film ''Solomon''. Background and personal life Rocca was born on 24 April 1971 in Turin, the daughter of a Fiat chief of security and a stylist. Beginning in her adolescence Rocca studied piano, singing, and dancing at the Teatro Stabile di Torino. In the late 1980s she moved to Milan where she started working as a model; in Milan, she enrolled in a series of acting courses. In 1993, thanks to a scholarship, she joined the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. She also studied at the Actors Studio in New York City. Rocca is married to her long-ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan (prophet)
Nathan ( 'given'; ) is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible. His actions are described in the Books of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles (especially , ). Biblical accounts Nathan was a court prophet in the time of King David. He is introduced in and as an advisor to David, with whom David reflects on the contrast between his own comfortable home and the tent in which the Ark of the Covenant is accommodated. Nathan then announces to David the covenant God was making with him (, a passage known as ''Nathan's Oracle''), contrasting David's proposal to build a house (i.e. a building) for the Ark with God's plan to build a house (i.e. a dynasty) for David. Later, he comes to David to reprimand him for committing adultery with Bathsheba while she was the wife of Uriah the Hittite, whose death the King had also arranged to hide his previous transgression (). According to Chronicles, Nathan wrote histories of the reigns of both David () and Solomon (), and was involved in the music of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umberto Orsini
Umberto Orsini (born 2 April 1934) is an Italian actor. He achieved prominence as a stage actor in Luchino Visconti's company, before becoming known to general audiences for his roles in RAI television dramas. He won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Visconti's '' The Damned'' (1969), and was nominated for the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor for his role in '' The Early Bird Catches the Worm'' (2008). Early life Orisini was born in Novara in the Piedmont region of northern Italy, on 2 April 1934. Prior to pursuing an acting career, he worked as a notary. He enrolled in the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico in Rome, and graduated in 1954. Career He began his professional stage career as a founding member of Milan's Compagnia dei Giovani, under the direction of Giorgio De Lullo and Romolo Valli. He performed with the Paolo Stoppa and Rina Morelli's company in a 1960 production of ''L'Arialda'', dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abishag
In the Hebrew Bible, Abishag (; ''Avishag'') was a beautiful young woman of Shunem chosen to be a helper and servant to King David in his old age. Among Abishag's duties was to lie next to David and pass along her body heat and vigor because "they put covers on him, but he could not get warm". Biblical narrative 1 Kings 1:4 notes that David did not engage in sexual intercourse with her. When brought to David, she was a ''na'arah'', which indicates youth or virginity but not necessarily both. Nonetheless, there are elements of Jewish exegetical tradition which maintain that David engaged in anal intercourse with Abishag and he was not totally impotent. It is speculated that King David engaged in a multicoital act of intercourse with his wife Bathsheba in his old age precisely to prove his continued virility. After David's death, Adonijah (David's fourth and eldest surviving son) persuaded Bathsheba, King Solomon's mother, to entreat the king to permit him to marry Abishag. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adonijah
According to 2 Samuel, Adonijah (, ''’Ǎḏōnīyyā''; "my lord is Yah") was the fourth son of King David. His mother was Haggith as recorded in the book of . Adonijah was born at Hebron during the long conflict between David and the House of Saul. In 1 Kings, he briefly proclaimed himself king of Israel during the terminal illness of his father David, before peacefully ceding the throne to his brother Solomon. Life After the death of his elder brothers Amnon and Absalom, Adonijah considered himself the heir-apparent to the throne. He acquired chariots and a large entourage. The king was unaware of this, being as he was "stricken in years" with his health failing him, and was in a different city. (KJV) Adonijah consulted and obtained the support of both the commander of the army Joab and the influential priest Abiathar. However, the priest Zadok, Benaiah (head of the king's bodyguard), Nathan (the court prophet), and others did not side with Adonijah. In anticipation of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damascus in the late 9th/early 8th centuries BCE to commemorate a victory over two enemy kings, contains the phrase (), which is translated as " House of David" by most scholars. The Mesha Stele, erected by King Mesha of Moab in the 9th century BCE, may also refer to the "House of David", although this is disputed. According to Jewish works such as the '' Seder Olam Rabbah'', '' Seder Olam Zutta'', and '' Sefer ha-Qabbalah'' (all written over a thousand years later), David ascended the throne as the king of Judah in 885 BCE. Apart from this, all that is known of David comes from biblical literature, the historicity of which has been extensively challenged,Writing and Rewriting the Story of Solomon in Ancient Israel; by Isaac Kalimi; page 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathsheba
Bathsheba (; , ) was an Kings of Israel and Judah, Israelite queen consort. According to the Hebrew Bible, she was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, with whom she had all of her five children. Her status as the mother of Solomon, who succeeded David as monarch, made her the Gebirah () of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), Kingdom of Israel. She is best known for her appearance in the Book of Samuel, which recounts how she was summoned by David's royal messengers after he witnessed her bathing and lusted after her; David has Uriah killed and then marries Bathsheba, incurring the wrath of Yahweh, God, who strikes down the couple's first child in infancy before plunging the Davidic line, House of David into chaos and anguish. Biblical account Bathsheba was either the daughter of Eliam, according to 2 Samuel 11:3, or of Ammiel, according to 1 Chronicles 3:5. An Eliam is mentioned in 2 Samuel 23:34 as the son of Ahithophel the Gilohite. Bathsheba was Uriah the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Of Sheba
The Queen of Sheba, also known as Bilqis in Arabic and as Makeda in Geʽez, is a figure first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. In the original story, she brings a caravan of valuable gifts for Solomon, the fourth King of Israel and Judah. This account has undergone extensive elaborations in Judaism, Ethiopian Christianity, and Islam. It has consequently become the subject of one of the most widespread and fertile cycles of legends in West Asia and Northeast Africa, as well as in other regions where the Abrahamic religions have had a significant impact. Modern historians and archaeologists identify Sheba as one of the South Arabian kingdoms, which existed in modern-day Yemen. However, because no trace of her has ever been found, the Queen of Sheba's existence is disputed among some historians. Narrative Hebrew The Queen of Sheba (, in the Hebrew Bible; , in the Septuagint; ; ), whose name is not stated, came to Jerusalem "with a very great retinue, with camels bearing sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
