The Odes of Solomon: Mystical Songs from the Time of Jesus, by James Bean: https://sant-mat.medium.com/the-odes-of-solomon-mystical-songs-from-the-time-of-jesus-by-james-bean-bb994ab10893

This mysterious collection of ancient psalms known as “the Odes of Solomon,” written in Syriac, a dialect of the Aramaic language, has been described as “some of the most beautiful songs of peace and joy that the world possesses.” These mystical poems and prayers remind me of Rumi and other Sufi poets. Sometimes I refer to the Odes as ‘the would-be book of New Testament psalms’, and I find the Odes to be a very spiritual book, one of the very best examples of an apocryphal writing that got misnamed, misfiled and misplaced somewhere along the way...

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