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Odes of Solomon

The Odes of Solomon are a collection of 42 odes attributed to Solomon. There used to be confusion among scholars on the dating of the Odes of Solomon; however, most scholars date it to somewhere between AD 70 and 125.[1][2][3] The original language of the Odes is thought to have been either Greek or Syriac, and the majority of scholars believe it to have been written by a Jewish Christian, very likely a convert from the Essene community to Christianity, because it contains multiple similarities to writings found in Qumran and to the Gospel of John.[2][4][5][6][1] Some have argued that the writer had even personally seen John the Baptist.[3]

Some scholars have suggested a Gnostic origin, but this theory is not universally accepted.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Odes of Solomon". www.earlyjewishwritings.com. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  2. ^ a b "Odes of Solomon". www.earlychristianwritings.com. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  3. ^ a b Smith, Preserved (1915). "The Disciples of John and the Odes of Solomon" (PDF). The Monist. 25 (2): 161–199. doi:10.5840/monist191525235. JSTOR 27900527. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  4. ^ Charlesworth, James H (1977). The Odes of Solomon. Missoula, Montana: Scholars Press. ISBN 0-89130-202-6.
  5. ^ Charlesworth, James H. (1998). Critical Reflections on the Odes of Solomon. Sheffield Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-85075-660-6.
  6. ^ Charlesworth, James H.; McDonald, Lee Martin (2014-04-24). Sacra Scriptura: How "Non-Canonical" Texts Functioned in Early Judaism and Early Christianity. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-567-29668-9.
  7. ^ Denzer, Pam. "Odes of Solomon: Early Hymns of the Jewish Christian Mystical Tradition". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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