It's deliberately padded with many pages each of which contain only a single, handwritten line of verse. I guess they look kind of nice, but, I mean, big deal. It's quite a pricey book, given how little it really contains. The introduction has some useful material, especially the table of which odes Charlesworth considers to be Jewish, Christian, or Gnostic in character. Unfortunately, there's not much of this useful.

Part of a library of materials dealing with Gnosis and Gnosticism, both ancient and modern. Translation below is by James H. Charlesworth. Another more poetic translation of several odes - from an unknown source - follows the Charlesworth translation. The site includes the Gnostic Library, with the complete Nag Hammadi Library and a large collection of other primary Gnostic scriptures and documents. H. J. Drijvers contends that they are as late as the 3d century. L. Abramowski places them in the latter half of the 2d century.

James H. A Critical Examination of the Odes of Solomon: Identification

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Charlesworth’s The Odes of Solomon book is interesting in many ways

Charlesworth’s The Odes of Solomon book is interesting in many ways. Firstly, the content is fascinating, it is essentially an early Christian hymnbook from a time period when Rabbinic Judaism, Proto-Gnosticism, and Orthodox Christianity are all still decidedly intertwined, or at least can all fit in a single codex. Secondly, the way the book is set up is interesting, it is set up as a devotional. Think of all those 40 days with Bonheoffer, Scripture for Mothers, et. reading, then an Charlesworth’s The Odes of Solomon book is interesting in many ways. Charlesworth - The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Vol. 2: Expansions of the Old Testament and Legends, Wisdom and Philosophical Literature, Prayers, Psalms, and Odes, Fragments of Lost Judeo-Hellenistic works. James H. Charlesworth

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Information on the Odes of Solomon

Information on the Odes of Solomon. Charlesworth writes (The Anchor Bible Dictionary, v. 6, p. 114): The date of the Odes has caused considerable interest.

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