This post is part of an ongoing series examining the relationship between the Odes of Solomon and Gospel of John. However, the perspective of “common milieu” is not without its problems, for affirmations of this relationship are often founded upon an inexact methodology of determining literary dependence. This approach often precludes the possibility of findingContinue reading “Odes and John: Determining Literary Dependence (Part 1)”
Monthly Archives: December 2019
Odes and John: Perspectives on Relationship
This post is part of an ongoing series examining the relationship between the Odes of Solomon and Gospel of John. Much has been written concerning the connections between these two pieces of early Christian literature, beginning with Harris in the first publication on the Odes.[1] Since then, scholars have consistently noted that, “The Odes andContinue reading “Odes and John: Perspectives on Relationship”
Odes and John: Introduction to the Odes of Solomon
This post is part of an ongoing series examining the relationship between the Odes of Solomon and Gospel of John. Following J. Rendel Harris’ publication of the Odes in 1909,[1] scholars came to the consensus that they represented an early hymnbook which had quite possibly influenced the Gospel of John.[2] For example, Adolph von HarnackContinue reading “Odes and John: Introduction to the Odes of Solomon”
Odes of Solomon and Gospel of John: Common Milieu or Literary Dependence?
The Odes of Solomon are a collection of hymns generally veiled and relatively neglected by those studying early Christianity. Yet this “Earliest Christian Hymnbook” [1] contains numerous insights into how first and second century followers of Jesus conceived of such important matters as worship, scripture, and interpretation. Here, I investigate one of the many facetsContinue reading “Odes of Solomon and Gospel of John: Common Milieu or Literary Dependence?”
