Book of Odes (Bible)

The Book of Odes (Greek ΩΔΑΙ, "Songs " ) is part of the Septuagint. It is written in Greek, and contains 14 songs, most of which are taken verbatim from the books into Greek translation of the Old Testament ( Odes 1-8 and 10-11 ). Other songs are from the New Testament ( Oden 9 and 13), from a Jewish ( Ode 12, the Prayer of Manasseh ) or Christian ( Ode 14) prayer tradition. The Book of Odes can be found in Appendix Greek Psalter manuscripts since the 5th century AD

The first nine odes which form the initial core of the book, play an important role in the Byzantine liturgy. They serve as a thematic inspiration for an extensive collection of eight or nine mating shorter liturgical texts. In each of these texts takes up the spiritual theme of the corresponding ode and connects it to the theme of the day liturgy. Except in certain penitential days, the second ode is skipped ( the song of Moses at the end of Deuteronomy) with their bitter Bußthematik.

Weblink

• H. Engel / M. Lattke: Oden. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (ed.): The scientific Bible dictionary on the Internet ( WiBiLex ), Stuttgart 2006 ff

Editions and translations

• The Book of Odes, in: German Septuagint. The Greek Old Testament in German translation, Stuttgart 2009, pp. 899-914.

• Late Scriptures of the Old Testament