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    The Psalms of Solomon and the Odes of Solomon: Book 3 in the Forgotten Book of Eden Series
    The Psalms of Solomon and the Odes of Solomon: Book 3 in the Forgotten Book of Eden Series
    The Psalms of Solomon and the Odes of Solomon: Book 3 in the Forgotten Book of Eden Series
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    The Psalms of Solomon and the Odes of Solomon: Book 3 in the Forgotten Book of Eden Series

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbela Publishing
    Release dateApr 29, 2017
    ISBN9781909302303
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      The Psalms of Solomon and the Odes of Solomon - unknown authors

      1880]

      Acknowledgements

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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.

      I

      "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.

      II

      The desecration of Jerusalem; captivity, murder, and raping.

      A psalm of utter despair.

      When the sinner waxed proud, with a battering-ram he cast down fortified walls,

        And thou didst not restrain him.

      Alien nations ascended Thine altar,

        They trampled it proudly with their sandals;

      Because the sons of Jerusalem had defiled the holy things of the Lord,

        Had profaned with iniquities the offerings of God.

      Therefore He said: Cast them far from Me;

      .       .       .       .       .       .

      It was set at naught before God,

        It was utterly dishonoured;

      The sons and the daughters were m grievous captivity,

        Sealed was their neck, branded was it among the nations.

      According to their sins hath He done unto them,

        For He hath left them in the hands of them that prevailed.

      He hath turned away His face from pitying them,

        Young and old and their children together;

      For they had done evil one and all, in not hearkening.

        And the heavens were angry,

      And the earth abhorred them;

        For no man upon it had done what they did,

      And the earth recognized all

        Thy righteous judgements, O God.

      They set the sons of Jerusalem to be mocked at in return for the harlots in her;

        Every wayfarer entered in in the full light of day.

      They made mock with their transgressions, as they themselves were wont to do;

        In the full light of day they revealed their iniquities.

      And the daughters of Jerusalem were defiled in accordance with Thy judgement,

        Because they had defiled themselves with unnatural intercourse.

      I am pained in my bowels and my inward parts for these things.

      And yet I will justify Thee, O God, in uprightness of heart,

        For in Thy judgements is Thy righteousness displayed, O God.

      For Thou hast rendered to the sinners according to their deeds,

        Yea, according to their sins, which were very wicked.

      Thou hast uncovered their sins, that Thy judgement might be manifest;

        Thou hast wiped out their memorial from the earth.

      God is a righteous judge,

        And he is no respecter of persons.

      For the nations reproached Jerusalem, trampling it down;

        Her beauty was dragged down from the throne of glory.

      She girded on sackcloth instead of comely raiment,

        A rope was about her head instead of a crown.

      She put off the glorious diadem which God had set upon her,

        In dishonour was her beauty cast upon the ground.

      And I saw and entreated the Lord and said,

        Long enough,

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