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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. 50–1 BC

Aramaic

The Son of God Text

4Q246

Anonymous

Two damaged columns in which a figure before a king is said to be called great, to be named Son of God and Son of the Most High, and whose kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom. Whether the figure is a messiah or a blasphemous usurper is unresolvable from what survives.

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