The Psalms of Solomon and the Odes of Solomon E-Book

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• Herausgeber: Abela Publishing
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

One of the Pseudepigrapha, the Psalms of Solomon is a group of eighteen “war” psalms that are not part of any scriptural canon. They are, however, found in copies of the Peshitta and the Septuagint. The Psalms of Solomon were referenced in Early Christian writings, but lost to modern scholars until a Greek manuscript was rediscovered in the 17th century. Written in response to the capture (but not destruction) of Jerusalem. They are filled with historical allusions, and implicitly call for revolution against Rome.Some of the psalms are messianic, in the Jewish sense (clearly referring to a mortal that happens to be divinely assisted, much like Moses), but the majority are concerned less with the world at large, and more with individual behaviour, expressing a belief that repentance for unintended sins will return us to God's favour.The Odes of Solomon, also part of the Pseudepigrapha, are found together with the similar Psalms of Solomon, and have been ascribed to the same author. The earliest extant manuscripts of the Odes of Solomon date from around the end of the 3rd and the beginning of the 4th century. Technically the 42 Odes are anonymous, but attributed to Solomon and the original language of the Odes is thought to have been either Greek or Syriac.Unlike the Psalms of Solomon, however, the Odes are much less clearly Jewish, and much more Christian in appearance. They explicitly refer not only to Jesus, but also to the ideas of virgin birth, harrowing of hell, and the Trinity. Adolf von Harnack [1851 – 1930] suggested the work of a Christian interpolator, adjusting an originally Jewish text.

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The Psalms of Solomon

&

The Odes of Solomon

From the series

The Forgotten Books of Eden

edited by

Rutherford H. Platt, Jr.

[1926]

Resurrected By

Abela Publishing, London

[2013]

The Forgotten Books of Eden Series

The Psalms of Solomon

&

The Odes of Solomon

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Contents

Acknowledgements

Contents

THE PSALMS OF SOLOMON

Introduction

Psalms I to XVIII

THE ODES OF SOLOMON

Introduction

Odes 1 to 42

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THE PSALMS OF

SOLOMON

Introduction

THIS collection of eighteen war songs are the gift of an ancient Semitic writer. The original manuscript has long since perished but fortunately Greek translations have been preserved, and recently a Syriac version of the same songs has turned up and was published in English for the first time in 1909 by Dr. Rendel Harris.

The date of the writing may be established at the middle of the First Century B. C. because the theme of these songs is that of Pompey's actions in Palestine and his death in Egypt in 48 B. C.

These psalms had an important position and were widely circulated in the early Church. They are frequently referred to in the various Codexes and histories of the first few centuries of the Christian Era.

Later, they became lost through inexplicable reasons; and have only been recovered for our use after the lapse of many centuries.

Besides the literary value of the trumpet-like rhythm of these verses, we have here a chapter of stirring ancient history written by an eyewitness. Pompey comes out of the West. He uses battering-rams on the fortifications. His soldiers defile the altar.

He is slain in Egypt after a fearful career. In the "righteous" of these psalms we see the Pharisees; in the "sinners" we see the Sadducees. It is an epic of a great people in the throes of a great crisis.

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"They became insolent in their prosperity . . . ."

I cried unto the Lord when I was in distress,  Unto God when sinners assailed.Suddenly the alarm of war was heard before me;  I said, He will hearken to me for I am full of righteousness.I thought in my heart that I was full of righteousness,  Because I was well off and had become rich in children.Their wealth spread to the whole earth,  And their glory unto the end of the earth.They were exalted unto the stars;  They said they would never fan.But they became insolent in their prosperity,  And they were without understanding,Their sins were in secret,  And even I had no knowledge of them.Their transgressions went beyond those of the heathen before them;  They utterly polluted the holy things of the Lord.