Library/Old Testament pseudepigrapha
Psalms of Solomon
Eighteen psalms: the arrogant dragon who did not know he was mortal (Pompey), a coming son of David, a piety of the poor. Some Greek Bibles listed them after the canonical Psalms.
- Status
- Pseudepigrapha
- Date
- 1st century BCE
- Languages
- Greek · Syriac
- Setting
- Jerusalem after Pompey’s invasion
What it contains
- Historical laments
- Messiah of David
- Piety of the synagogues
Why it sits outside most canons
Too clearly about Pompey to be Solomon’s; kept as an extra psalter.
Themes
- Messiah
- Pompey
- Purity
- Jerusalem
Passages
Pss. Sol. 17:21, 32
See, Lord, and raise up for them their king, the son of David… and he will be a righteous king over them, taught by God.