Odes of Solomon
Subtitle: a commentary
By: by Michael Lattke ; translation by Marianne Ehrhardt ; edited by Harold Attridge.
Contributors: Attridge, Harold W.
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 678
ISBN-13: 9780800660567
Subjects: Odes of Solomon -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Work titles: Oden Salomos.
Description: "Known until the 18th century only from fragmentary quotations and references in patristic literature, more recent discoveries of Greek, Coptic, and Syriac manuscripts have drawn fresh interest and attention to the Odes of Solomon, a collection of Christian poetry from the second century rich in imagery and exhibiting an exotic spirituality. Internationally renowned expert on the Odes, Michael Lattke, provides a meticulous translation and discussion of the textual transmission of the "Odes," along with judicious commentary on the place of the "Odes" in the development of Gnosticism, Logos theory, and early Christian worship. Historians and students of early Christianity will find this commentary a valuable resource for years to come." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Editor's note; title: Introduction; title: Early testimonies; title: Manuscripts and quotations of the Odes of Solomon; title: Authorship; title: Date of composition; title: Language of composition; title: Area of origin; title: The Odes of Solomon and their place in ancient religion and literature; title: Literary forms and devices in the Odes of Solomon; title: Editions and translations of the Odes of Solomon up to 1909; title: Editions and translations based on the Syriac and Coptic texts; title: Commentary; title: Ode 1: the wreath of truth; title: Ode 3: metaphors of love and gnosis; title: Ode 4: a prayer in the form of a dialogue containing various teachings; title: Ode 5: my hope, my deliverance; title: Ode 6: spirit and gnosis of the Lord, myth of the river, parable of the water of life; title: Ode 7: the Lord and Father of gnosis, Epiphany, and salvation of the Son, gnosis of the Lord; title: Ode 8: speech of the Redeemer, Revealer, and Mediator of creation; title: Ode 9: redemptive address; title: Ode 10: mythological address of the Redeemer and Revealer; title: Ode 11: a redeemed one witnesses in metaphorical speech; title: Ode 12: the truth, the Word, and the aeons; title: Ode 13: admonitory parable of the mirror; title: Ode 14: childlike trust in the Lord; title: Ode 15: address of the Redeemed One and Redeemer : the Lord as the sun; title: Ode 16: hymnic self-portrait and doctrine of creation; title: Ode 17: mythological address of the Redeemed Redeemer with a christological doxology; title: Ode 18: the pleroma and the gnostics; title: Ode 19: the milk of the Father and the mother of the Son; title: Ode 20: from righteousness to glory; title: Ode 21: address by the exalted, redeemed, and glorifying one; title: Ode 22: dualistic mythos with traditional eschatology.