11-22-2008, 08:38 AM
Shlama Paul,
i think you're being humble -- aren't the ramifications of this HUGE for pushing Peshitta primacy? i was reading it with jaw hanging open...
for what it's worth, here's a snippet of wikipedia's thoughts, still on the liberal side, but surprisingly leaning support to your presentation:
No all-convincing proof of the original language of the Odes of Solomon has been produced. The three suggestions that continue to hold merit among scholars are that the Odes were composed in Greek, in Syriac or in a bilingual Greek-Syriac community. Their place of origin seems likely to have been the region of Syria, but whether it was west Syria (for example Antioch) or northern Mesopotamia (for example Edessa) is moot. As for date, the slight majority of scholarship places the Odes in the second century (with later in the century slightly favoured), but a date in the first (Charlesworth) and the third centuries (Drijvers) is still argued.
thanks for sharing this find!
Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy
i think you're being humble -- aren't the ramifications of this HUGE for pushing Peshitta primacy? i was reading it with jaw hanging open...
for what it's worth, here's a snippet of wikipedia's thoughts, still on the liberal side, but surprisingly leaning support to your presentation:
No all-convincing proof of the original language of the Odes of Solomon has been produced. The three suggestions that continue to hold merit among scholars are that the Odes were composed in Greek, in Syriac or in a bilingual Greek-Syriac community. Their place of origin seems likely to have been the region of Syria, but whether it was west Syria (for example Antioch) or northern Mesopotamia (for example Edessa) is moot. As for date, the slight majority of scholarship places the Odes in the second century (with later in the century slightly favoured), but a date in the first (Charlesworth) and the third centuries (Drijvers) is still argued.
thanks for sharing this find!
Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy