Week 7 Blog

I thought there were a lot of ways in which the text gives credit to Ethiopia. The first thing that stands out is right at the beginning of the text. The text says how the world was divided up and half of the world belonged to Ethiopia. Also, the description of the Queen is very flattering and credits her for being able to be in such a high position of power while being a woman. The thing that stood out the most to me, however, was the Queen's speech about wisdom. She has a very long, (I would say) drawn out speech about how wisdom is the most important treasure to have. She shoots down gold and silver and other riches and says that wisdom is more important than all of those. Then, shortly after her speech, King Solomon gives one that is very similar with the same point about wisdom. He says that wisdom is given by God and it is the most important treasure. This direct parallel between the Queen and King Solomon draws a comparison between the two that is flattering to the Queen, thus giving credit to Ethiopia.