Testament of Solomon
The ancient text detailing Solomon's construction of the Temple and his encounters with demons. A complete digital edition for study and reference.
Why we built it
The Testament of Solomon survives as a Greek text in which the king builds the Temple with a ring that binds demons to the work. It is read by students of second-temple literature, of demonology, and of how illness was explained before germ theory. The existing digital copies are scans with running heads and no verse numbering. This edition keeps the Charles numbering, names each chapter after the demon it introduces, puts the source note beside the chapter, and adds narration so the text can be listened to as well as cited.
How it works
The Charles translation is set chapter by chapter with the numbering students cite, and each chapter is titled after the demon it introduces — Ornias, Beelzebub, Asmodeus — so the index doubles as a guide to who appears where.
A textual note beside each chapter names the source edition, and narration reads every chapter aloud. Search finds a name or a passage across the whole text and jumps straight to the verse.
What it does
The Charles translation
F. C. Conybeare's translation as edited by R. H. Charles in 1913, with the chapter numbering students cite.
Chapter titles that name the demon
Chapters are listed by their subject — Ornias, Beelzebub, Asmodeus — so the index doubles as a guide to who appears where.
Narration
Audio for every chapter, started from the chapter header.
Commentary per chapter
A textual note beside each chapter, citing the source edition, so the reading is not mistaken for a modern one.
Search
Find a name or a passage across the whole text and jump to the verse.
Inside the app
Captured from the running product — no mock-ups.
On a phone
What it does not do
A limit named before you open the app is worth more than a feature list that never mentions one.
- It is one translation. The Greek text and its apparatus are not included.
- The commentary and the demonology are historical and textual material, not medical or spiritual advice.
- It is a web edition only.