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That the earliest followers of Jesus wrote poetry and hymns is evident in the New Testament. In this volume, James H. Charlesworth examines and translates the Odes of Solomon—a collection of early Christian hymns. Some are obviously Christian, while others are perhaps Jewish. The beauty of these poems is a tribute to the depth of spirituality in early Christian communities, many of which were...

Some excellent scholars claimed that the Odes were originally Jewish but later edited by a Christian (especially Harnack) or Jewish-Christian as now extant (Harris and Mingana). Some specialists were convinced the Odes should be declared to be Gnostic (Gunkel and Rudolph). Most scholars contend that they are Christian (Charlesworth and Emerton). Strictly speaking, the labels “Jewish,” “Gnostic,” and “Christian” are ill-suited to this early Christian hymnbook attributed
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