Odes of Solomon and John's Gospel

Christian Alexander

I am looking to do research on Johannine corpus with the Odes of Solomon in mind. https://community.logos.com/forums/t/222233.aspx How can Logos help me with this topic? I searched for Odes of Solomon NEAR John in Logos and I did a search in Google Scholar for Odes of Solomon and John's Gospel.

MJ. Smith

The hint I provided you initially was

MJ. Smith said:

I just ran into a quote that might make an interesting rabbit trail.

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Fourth, I highlight the Odes of Solomon because it may well have been composed within the community that gave us the Gospel of John and helps us understand that marvelous text and the Logos Christology.

James Hamilton Charlesworth, “Foreword to the Fourth Edition: Canon: The Measuring Rule for Discerning God’s Word,” in The Formation of the Biblical Canon, vol. 1 (London; Oxford; New York; New Delhi; Sydney: Bloomsbury; Bloomsbury T&T Clark: An Imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017), xviii.

It makes me curious what other parabiblical works may be associated with the Johannine community.

Try looking for topics such as:

• "Ode of Solomon" NEAR Christology
• "Ode of Solomon" NEAR Logos
• apocrypha NEAR "Johannine community" ...

Rick Brannan

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1294843#Comment_1294843

On a whim, I used the AI search everything and found a sweet entry in DiTomasso's Bibliography of Pseudepigrapha Research.

Since I'm guessing that Christian doesn't have that resource, I'll post the entry here (it is a list of perhaps relevant citations):

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VI. Special Theme: The Odes of Solomon and the Johannine Literature

ALEGRE, X. “El concepto de salvación en las Odas de Salomón. Contribución al estudio de una soteriologia gnostizante y sus posibles relaciones con el cuarto evangelio.” Diss: Münster, 1977.
BRAUN, F.M. “L’énigme des Odes de Salomon.” RevTh 57 (1957). 597–625. [=Jean le théologien et son évangile deans l’église ancienne. Paris, 1959. 1.224–251]
BROWNSON, J. “The Odes of Solomon and the Johannine Tradition.” JSP 2 (1988). 49–69.
BULTMANN, R. “Die Bedeutung der neuerschlossenen mandäischen Quellen für das Verständnis des Johannesevangeliums.” ZNW 24 (1925). 100–146.
BURNEY, C.F. The Aramaic Origin of the Fourth Gospel. Oxford, 1922. 153–171.
BURT, G. “Verwandtschaft des Evangeliums der Johannes und der Oden Salomos.” Das Evangelium des Johannes: Versuch einer Löhsung seines Grundproblems. Gütersloh, 1922. 75–100.
CHARLESWORTH, J.H. “Qumran, John, and the Odes of Solomon.” John and Qumran. Ed. J.H. CHARLESWORTH. London, 1972. 107–136. [rev.=Critical Reflections on the Odes of Solomon. Volume 1: Literary Setting, Textual Studies, Gnosticism, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Gospel of John. JSPSup 22. Sheffield, 1998. 192–231]
———., and CULPEPPER, R.A. “The Odes of Solomon and the Gospel of John.” CBQ 35 (1973). 298–322. [revised=Critical Reflections on the Odes of Solomon. Volume 1: Literary Setting, Textual Studies, Gnosticism, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Gospel of John. JSPSup 22. Sheffield, 1998. 232–260]
HARRIS. J.R. The Origin of the Prologue to St. John’s Gospel. Cambridge, 1917.
HOFRICHTER, P. Im Anhang war der ‘Johannesprolog.” Das urchristliche Logosbekenntis—die Basis neutestamentlicher und gnostischer Theologie. BU 17. Regensburg, 1986. 115–117.
KUHL, J. Die Sendung Jesu und der Kirche nach dem Johannes-Evangelium. St. Augustin/Siegbueg, 1967. 36–38.
LINDBLOM, J. Om lifvets idé hos Paulus och Johannes samt i de s.k. Salomos oden. UUÅ, 1910, Teologi 1. Uppsala, 1911.
MORRISON, A.T. “A Literary and Theological Comparison between the Odes of Solomon and the Johannine Literature.” Diss: Durham, 1980.
RUDOLPH, K. Gnosis: The Nature and History of Gnosticism. Trans. R.McL. Wilson. Edinburgh, 1984.
SMITH, D.M. “Johannine Christianity: Some Reflections on Its Character and Delineation.” NTS 21 (1974–1975). 222–248 at 240–244.
SMITH, P. “The Disciples of John and the Odes of Solomon.” The Monist 25 (1915). 161–199.
STRACHAN, R.H. “The Newly-Discovered Odes of Solomon and Their Bearing on the Problem of the Fourth Gospel.” ExpT 22 (1910–1911). 7–14.
UNTERGAßMAIR, F.G. In Namen Jesu: Der namensbegriff in Johannesevangelium. FB 13. Stuttgart, 1974.

Lorenzo DiTommaso, A Bibliography of Pseudepigrapha Research, 1850–1999, vol. 39 of Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha (Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001), 870–871.

Christian Alexander

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1294861#Comment_1294861

Thanks for the information. I will start digging. If you find any other helpful sources let me know.