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The Odes of Solomon: The First Christian Hymn Book

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Michael Bird


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15.55


Uploaded to YouTube

12 January 2026

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24 January 2026


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In this video, Dr. Mike Bird explains the Odes of Solomon, a second century Christian hymn book from the ancient Syriac church.

Outline
00:00 Reading from the Odes of Solomon
01:03 Intro
01:28 What are the Odes of Solomon?
03:30 Date and Origin
05:11 Authorship
06:31 Purpose
07:14 Major Themes
11:29 Prohibition of Slavery
12:50 Window into Early Christianity
15:21 Outro

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Bibliography

Charlesworth, J. H. (1992). “Solomon, Odes of.” In D. N. Freedman (Ed.). The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (Vol. 6, pp. 114–115). New York: Doubleday.
———. 1978. The Odes of Solomon. Missoula, MT: Scholars.
———. “Odes of Solomon.” (1985). In James H. Charlesworth (Ed.). Old Testament Pseudepigrapha (Vol 2, pp. 725–71).
———. (2009). The Earliest Christian Hymnbook: The Odes of Solomon. Eugene, OR: Cascade. https://amzn.to/4skv6UA
Cross, F. L., & Livingstone, E. A., eds. (2005). “Solomon, Odes of.” In The Oxford dictionary of the Christian Church (3rd ed. rev., p. 1527). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Jolley, M. A. (2000). “Solomon, Odes of.” In D. N. Freedman, A. C. Myers, & A. B. Beck (Eds.), Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (p. 1239). Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
Lattke, Michael. (2009). Odes of Solomon: A Commentary. Trans. Marianne Ehrhardt. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress. https://amzn.to/4b9N99z
Zinner, Samuel., and Mark M. Mattison. (2021). The Odes of Solomon: The Nuhra Version (2021). Aulla, Italy/Grand Rapids, Michigan. Online: https://www.nuhra.net/nuhra-2021/

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