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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.

100–1 BC

The First Century BC

1 work

c. 63–40 BC

Hebrew, surviving in Greek

The Psalms of Solomon

Anonymous

Eighteen psalms written after Pompey took Jerusalem, mourning a sanctuary trampled by Gentiles and a throne usurped by men with no right to it — and asking God to raise up the son of David to purge Jerusalem, shatter unrighteous rulers with a rod of iron, and gather a holy people.

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