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Pseudepigrapha, the
Psalms of Solomon is a group of eighteen
psalms (religious songs or poems) that are not part of any scriptural
canon. They are distinct from, but may be modeled after or derived from the
Book of Psalms of the
Jewish and
Christian Bibles, which are traditionally attributed to
David rather than
Solomon. The 17th of the 18 Psalms has a similarity to Psalm 72 from the Book of Psalms, which claims attribution to Solomon, and hence may be the reason that the Psalms of Solomon have their name. (An alternate view is that the psalms were so highly regarded that Solomon's name was attached to it to keep them from resting in the ash heaps of history.)
The Psalms of Solomon were referenced in
Early Christian writings, but lost to modern scholars until a
Greek manuscript was rediscovered in the 17th century. There are currently eight known 11th to 15th century manuscripts of a Greek translation from a lost
Hebrew or
Aramaic original, probably dating from the first or second century
BCE. However, though now a collection, they were originally separate, written by different people in different periods.
Politically, the Psalms of Solomon are anti-
Maccabee, and some psalms in the collection show a clear awareness of the
Roman conquest of
Jerusalem under
Pompey in 63 BCE, metaphorically treating him as a
dragon who had been sent by God to punish the Maccabees. Some of the psalms are messianic, in
the Jewish sense (clearly referring to a mortal that happens to be divinely assisted, much like
Moses), but the majority are concerned less with the world at large, and more with individual behaviour, expressing a belief that repentance for unintended
sins will return them to God's favour.
There have been attempts to link the text both to the
Essenes of
Qumran, who separated themselves from what they saw as a wicked world, and alternately to the
Pharisees in opposition to the
Sadducees who generally supported the Maccabees.
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