When you read the translation of the Odist’s masterpieces, you will probably imagine that his compositions are similar to the ode quoted by Paul in Philippians 2 and the Logos Hymn that begins the good news according to the Fourth Evangelist. You will be correct. In all likelihood, the Odist was a Jew and may have been an Essene as Paul had been a Pharisee. That is, the Odist had some relationship with the Jewish sect or group that collected and wrote “the Dead
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