Jesus, en exorcist såsom Salomo?

The aim of this thesis is to investigate if, and in what ways, the historical Jesus was considered by his contemporaries to be following a Solomonic typology in his way of performing exorcisms. The idea of a Solomon-shaped Jesus first emerged in an article written by Loren Fisher in the late 1960s. Even though the idea was based on faulty premises, the article gave rise to a discussion based upon the title ‘Son of David ’ that linked Jesus to Solomon. It is, however, unclear whether the discussion regarded the historical Jesus or the Jesus of the Gospels. There is a contemporary commonly held assumption in scholarship that Jesus ’ exorcisms were influenced by a Solomonic typology. Therefore, this thesis contributes to the discussion by examining whether this is a correct assumption or not. The pertinent and available primary sources to the perception of Solomon as an exorcist are divided into three categories; before, during and after the life of Jesus. These texts are presented and analysed in order to show how the Solomonic typology, in words and deeds, was developed over time. It is shown that the most important source for this study i