Seu, MattiaLamonaca, Andrea2025-11-062025-11-062025"The Biblical Annals", 2025, Vol. 15, No. 4, ss. 617-6362451-2168https://repozytorium.kul.pl/handle/20.500.12153/9066The Targumic Tosefta attributed to Solomon provides an interpretation of the biblical text of 1 Kgs 5:12–13. By analysing the symbolic differences between the two plants mentioned and by interpreting parallel passages in the rabbinic tradition, the study aims to verify whether the Tosefta allows for a theological reinterpretation of the figure of Solomon and his encyclopaedic knowledge. The main novelty is a reappraisal of the figure of the king who, through the aphorism, gives a lesson in humility: a man who becomes arrogant in his great knowledge becomes as sick as a leper, isolated from his context, and can be healed by recovering a humble attitude, like the biblical hyssop, crushed by all. The Targumic Tosefta attributed to Solomon provides an interpretation of the biblical text of 1 Kgs 5:12–13. By analysing the symbolic differences between the two plants mentioned and by interpreting parallel passages in the rabbinic tradition, the study aims to verify whether the Tosefta allows for a theological reinterpretation of the figure of Solomon and his encyclopaedic knowledge. The main novelty is a reappraisal of the figure of the king who, through the aphorism, gives a lesson in humility: a man who becomes arrogant in his great knowledge becomes as sick as a leper, isolated from his context, and can be healed by recovering a humble attitude, like the biblical hyssop, crushed by all.itAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Targum Jonathancedro del Libanoissopopiante della Bibbiasapienzalebbrainterpretazione rabbinicacedar of LebanonhyssopBible plantswisdomleprosyrabbinic interpretationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article10.31743/ba.18281