Great article; but I've never been convinced by the authenticity of the King Solomon story. > "Fetch me a sword," Solomon said. "Divide the living child in two

Great article; but I've never been convinced by the authenticity of the King Solomon story. > "Fetch me a sword," Solomon said. "Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other." One woman embraced his solution. But the other begged Solomon not to hurt the baby and give it to her rival instead. Solomon promptly ruled in her favor, figuring that the real mother would rather give up her child than see it die. The objective of the (dishonest) woman is to get the (living) baby. It seems inhuman for a person, especially someone who wants a baby sufficiently to be dishonest, to "embrace" the baby being killed.